Hello, dear Hive gardeners! My family and I have been a little busy over the past few days, securing our vegetable garden as a storm passed. The Typhoon with the international name ‘Bualoi’ first targeted our region, particularly our province, as the landfall area suddenly shifted track downwards, sparing us from destruction.
We really thanked God for this last-minute turn, especially since some of our vegetables and crops have just been planted, and some are just starting to flower and bear fruit.
|Our harvest before the typhoon - Bitter gourd, Sponge gourd, cucumber|
As part of the preparation, we harvested most of our vegetables yesterday, including the bitter gourds, sponge gourds, and cucumbers. We had a basketful of harvest and sold all of these vegetables to our regular customers.
|Our seedling table|
Before the typhoon arrived, we first cleared our seedling table by putting the seedlings under our big table in the dirty kitchen. These were bitter gourds, snow cabbages, sponge gourds, and peppers. We made sure they were safe and secured so we can still plant them after the typhoon.
|Chili pepper seedlings|
|Sponge gourd seedlings|
Today, the typhoon passed, and instead of hitting our province, Sorsogon, it shifted downward, hitting the province beneath us on the map instead. So the result is that we only recorded minor damage in our garden.
lady's fingers
eggplants
After the typhoon had passed earlier today, I immediately checked on our vegetables. First, our newly planted eggplants and lady’s fingers. The lady’s fingers were planted last August, while the eggplants were planted last September 13. Yesterday, my sister cut their leaves to mitigate the impact of the wind if ever the typhoon pummels our province. Gladly, it didn’t, and they are staying fine after the storm.
|The cucumbers after the typhoon|
On this side, our cucumbers have just started flowering and bearing fruit since last week, so we even feared for the impact that the typhoon might cause to them. At first, we thought of putting down the trellises, but we backed off, considering that it might cause more damage to them during the process, so we just cut most of their leaves to lessen the impact if ever the typhoon arrives. Luckily, no impacts were recorded at all.
Also, I checked on our ever-yielding bitter gourds on this side of the garden. Thankfully, they are remaining safe and climbing vigorously on the trellises – no damage recorded as well. The wind and rain brought by the typhoon’s onslaught were less and weaker.
|The unbothered pumpkins|
On this side, my pumpkins for the pumpkin challenge are staying lush and vibrant. They were not even affected by the rain or the wind since they’re crawling on the ground — the lower the location, the lesser the impact. The weeds around them also served as a protective shield against the wind.
|The damaged Sponge gourds|
|The damaged cassava plants|
The only impact I’ve seen was a few cassava plants that fell in the wind and some sponge gourd vines that seemed to catch most of the wind as they were hanging. But this impact is lesser compared with what we expect, considering the strength of the typhoon was 110 to 150 kilometers per hour.
|How the typhoon track shifted downwards evading our province|
Just before the said tempest arrived, we were really hopeless about how to save our vegetables, so we just prayed and asked God for a last-minute miracle. Most of the time, when typhoons establish their tracks, the possibility of changing path is less. But this time, it seemed to be a miracle that it shifted downwards, seemingly avoiding our province, and then went back on track after a few hours.
|Our sweet potatoes under the Sponge gourds trellises|
In the Philippines, ‘ber’ months are considered to be typhoon months, so, although we can plant any vegetables year-round, these months are crucial for planting them. Each year, around 20 typhoons visit and pass by our country, and we’re used to it. Planting vegetables is like gambling in these months. What we do is to plant some typhoon-resistant crops as alternatives, such as sweet potatoes, water spinach, taro, moringa, and lemongrass.
Thank you for taking the time to read my garden update after the typhoon. I hope everyone is doing well and gardens are thriving and yielding.
(All photos are mine, the banner photo was edited in Canva. This article was originally written by me.)
It'll be a waste talaga if it ever nag downfall sa inyo. Sayang ang pagod and time sa pagtatanim. Still, nakakasad din yong natamaas. Kami nadaanan din, maigi lang matibay tibay pagkskapako ng bubong namin. Super lakas talaga ng hangin so scary. Kakatapos lang samin kani kanina eh. Aigooo
Hello @ruffatotmeee thanks for the visit. Oo nga, sa baba namin is Masbate, doon ang nagrabe. I saw some videos and photos, grabe ang lakas din pala ni Opong. As in, nasira ang mga bahay pati mga poste ng kuryente, nagkalat ang mga yero. I never thought na ganun siya ka damaging lalo na never talaga namin na feel yung hangin nya kahit hagip pa rin kami ng pakpak. Actually kasi sa forecast track ng Pagasa, Sorsogon ang tumbok after ng norther Samar landfall pero bigla siyang bumaba kaya sa Masbate pala dumaan. Sa track, makikita mo talagang nag curve siya after mag Northern Samar. Praying for the people of Masbate, for their recovery after this. Anyway, tama pa rin yung Pagasa forecast kahit sinasabi nilang Sorsogon ang sentro after Samar kasi sinasabi rin naman nila na basta pasok sa Cone of Probability, posibleng mag landfall doon, either bumaba o tumaas ang bagyo. Unexpectedly, bumaba siya kaya di tumama sa Sorsogon. They said it's due to the high pressure that pushed it down kaya di tumuloy ng Sorsogon. Sana ay bigyan ng pansin ng gobyerno ang mga nasalanta ng bagyo, dami daming ninanakaw ng mga buwayang makakapal ang mukha, kaya nadedeprive ang tao sa serbisyong dapat ibigay. Sana nga pinagpagawa na lang yun ng housing project na matibay sa bagyo sa mga mahihirap. Napunta lang sa mga luxury cars nila at mga private jets ni Zaldy Co. Kawawang bansa. Praying for the Philippines.
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Thanks God! Your family and your beautiful garden was safe.
Thank you. And also, praying for those typhoon hit areas. It went down and severly battered Masbate province.
Good thing you had harvested it fully before typhoon strikes.
Thank you for the visit. Yes, indeed. Although di naman lumakas sa amin ang bagyo kasi bumaba siya pero at least naubos naman nabenta yung mga niharvest namin. Mabuti na ang handa. Praying for Masbate, it was severely battered by the typhoon as it went down sparing Sorsogon.
Thanks God that your Family are safe and that the typhoon spared most of your garden. It really feels like a blessing that the storm changed its path at the last minute. You worked so hard to protect your plants, and it shows your harvest and thriving veggies are the proof of that.
Thanks for the visit @dreamrona. Indeed, we cried out to God and thanked Him for protecting us and our plants. The sudden shift was like a buzzer-beater and seemed impossible until God moved. Amazing! 💚
Happy to read that your garden got spared! Would be devastating to have so much work being blown away or drowned. Though that, too, is part of nature, and it seems like it's not your first rodeo and you prepared well.
Thanks for the visit. Yes, our region is one of the typhoon's favorite areas to land, and so we are used to it. Thankfully, this time, the sudden shift spared us.