When typhoon Basyang swiped into Manila on July 13, I didn’t expect the winds would be that strong. My baby woke-up at midnight because of the howling winds, minutes later the power lines were immediately cut-off. We turned on the battery desk lamp, and to appease my son, I played videos in my cellphone for him to watch.
The next day, neighbors were cleaning their gardens. Like a true farmer, I was worried on the damage brought by the typhoon on Wacky Eco-farm.
Our beloved mango tree was uprooted by the strong winds
Imagine that tree can produce this many firewood.
The branches were cut into pieces to become firewood
Our sunflowers, forget-me-nots, and pansies did not make it – too much rainwater drowned the seedlings. The green ones you see are weeds.
good bye flowers
But it took me awhile to believe Joel, one of our caretakers. I insisted that the green sprouts were flowers. So he dug into the soil and showed me that the flowers have longer roots than weeds.
Death of a budding flower
But on the lighter side of the damage, my veggies started to sprout.
sproutlings
As they say, there’s always a rainbow after the storm.
