Ulog 005 : Fruits and Flora around Bayawan City, Negros Oriental
Although we rode a potpot (a bike with a sidecar), followed by a tricycle who can accomodate about 8 passengers, we still needed to walk uphill to access the eco-farm in one of the barangays of Bayawan. T'was still early like about 8am so the heat was tolerable. Using our bambike was out of the question as it would be a struggle to use to go up.
Lush greens surrounded the road and we can't helped but take pictures of flowers and fruits that we passed-by, and some ripe mansanitas were easily taken and eaten along the way. We have had one of this tree in the neighbourhood while growing-up so nostalgia came up and we became like kids of yesterday. Filipinos would know this one and it is very abundant in Negros compared to Ilocos in Northern Philippines.
Some flora
This looks like a banana flower but it's not.
Tropical flowers abound as well as fruits, although i was mainly focusing on the flowers. There was a bit of competition between us and @flabbergast-art in taking pictures but hey, he's the artist, I can't win but I can try.
Most images were taken as we went up, the fruits were taken before and within the farm.
I've seen this elsewhere in UK.
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A hibiscus on the path before the farm.
This was just one pot in the garden
Some tropical fruits in the vicinity
Seen before the farm.
I got curious with the different shapes, beside each other in one tree! Being the recipient of some curious look was amusing. I guess it's normal for them to see those?
I picked this guava as among the bigger ones, its' color tells me it was the most ripe among them. How did i know? Its' color was lighter and the skin was the shiniest among the others. We have had guave trees in our backyard before as a child.
My favorite fruit in the world.
There you go folks! There were more fruit trees but they are not bearing fruits at the moment.
It's a 4 and a half hectares farm so it's huge and its' topography is rolling hills, overlooking another hill. Chemical-free sign was noted at the entrance and the farm's fertilizer is made through the process called MOKUSAKO.
More about this process and the farm next...
All images are mine, taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7.
Hello @immarojas, a pleasure to enjoy those delicious fruits while you observe so beautiful landscape, I love guava and coconut is my favorite fruit, drink its water is delicious. Thank you for sharing and happiness always.
Hi @syllem...how's u? Guavas are nice, just don"t eat the seeds😂😃
It seems we have Same like on coconut fruit.
Maybe I should plan a vacay on that province
Negros have a lot to offer..you should.
Lovely selection of photoraphs @immarojas. Were those fruits with the different shapes paw paws?
Yes Gillian... we call them papaya. So cheap. these are mansanitas...edible.
I think someone told me that paw paw and papaya are actually different @immarojas. I like them both with lemon juice squeezed on them. 😊
I don't think I've every tried mansanitas. Are they sweet?
If different, then those are papaya. The over ripe mansanitas are sweet, the very red ones.
I got all curious now. I thought they were the same for years, but here you go . . . found on Google of course!!!
Personally I like them both but I'd like to taste them side by side and experience the difference since the taste, supposedly is quite different. 😁
I'll have to look out for mansanitas, next time I'm in a tropical climate.
I would have thought that you would include a picture of that paw paw🤣
Let me check too!
Ha, ha, ha. I didn't think of that @immarojas. It's a bit early in the morning for me and I haven't had breakfast yet! 😂
Haha have a cup of coffee for me☺
WOnderful photos, @immarojas! Thanks for bringing us along to your visit of that large eco farm. Which of the fruits you have shown are your favorites? Here in California, most of the papayas come from Mexico, and Asian food stores sell coconuts from somewhere. I seldom see guavas. That guava in the picture is certainly HUGE!!! Have a great week, my friend. Take care.
There were bigger ones than that one😁😅
Young coconuts seem to be my fav atm in the Philippines...Philippine native mangoes too but i love almost any fruit except durian.
You?have you tried that?
These photos remind me of home and made me miss it. All the flowers and fruits above can be found in our home there in Negros, though ours would look a bit more "jungle-y" because of the various plants and trees. It's always nice to have these fruits at home because even if you have nothing in your pocket for snacks, you can just pick one (or more) and have your belly full :)
Like when we were younger, just go sa backyard and pick any ripe fruit. We didn't need any money those days. This is the reason why alot is advocating permaculture.
Yes that is so true. We still do that whenever I go home sa province. I'm just glad that my nieces and nephews are still able to experience that kind of childhood the way we did in the past.
Yeah, it's great for them. So are ours but not a lot now compared to before. They're not into planting either.
You have a minor misspelling in the following sentence:
It should be accommodate instead of accomodate.