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Whenever rice cropping starts my vegetable garden gets flooded. The water would come to the surrounding rice field outside my vegetable garden. So, to combat the flooding, I dug a canal that will act as drainage for excess water coming from the surrounding rice fields.
At first, and as easy as it may seem, and since I am just starting out in gardening I thought digging a canal would be easy peasy. As it turns out, I was wrong, I sweat a lot, my palm and fingers would feel the pain at dawn (I always wake up between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. feeling some pain in my palms and my fingers).
By the way, this is actually a very late blog. I was not able to immediately make a blog for this one because I am so busy with so many other things.
When our neighboring rice field started to irrigate their farm I already know that the next day the water will start to plow inside my garden. Also, when I start to irrigate our own rice farm additional amount of water will breach inside my vegetable garden.
So, to keep the water from getting stagnant in my garden I dug a canal. Previously, without the canal, water would stay in my vegetable garden for the duration of the rice cropping season. But when I dug a canal the water is flowing freely from inside my vegetable to a section of our rice farm.
Below are the photos that I took when the water from the neighboring rice field started to breach inside my vegetable garden.
A portion of the canal that I dug up next to my additional squash crops
Here's another portion of the canal that I dug near my tomato and black seeded string beans crops
Here's a portion of the canal that I dug up between my black strings bean and my water spinach
Here is another view of the canal that I dug up near my tomato crops
And here's the outside section of the canal that I dug up. This section will be the one that sends the excess water to a section of our rice farm
While I am writing this blog, the water is freely flowing from inside my vegetable to a section of our rice farm which is just outside my vegetable garden. But there are certainly improvements to be made, more on that later on the coming blogs about my vegetable garden.
Crops Video Tour
A few weeks back I posted about some development on my tomatoes crops and now here's another update to my tomato crops where the fruits are nearing harvest time. In this video tour and update, I also included my eggplant (for the first time I believe) and my black seeded string beans (also for the first time if I remember it right).
First, is the video on my near harvesting tomato crops, take a look at the video below...
Here's a short video tour on my tomato crops
Next up is a video tour on my black seeded string beans, take a look at the video below...
Here's a short video tour of my black seeded string beans
And here's a video tour of my old eggplant crops, take a look at the video below...
Here's a short video tour of my old eggplant crops
Updates on my Tomato, Black Seeded String Beans, and Eggplant Crops
I am happy to share with the community that I am close to harvesting my tomatoes. There are now a couple of fruits that are starting to ripen. But today, there are two pieces of tomatoes that I harvested because they are already ripe. And in a few days, most of them will be simultaneously going to be ripe.
I just can't get enough of these beautiful and delicious looking tomatoes
The first harvest on my tomato crops, isn't they look delicious?
Just like with my tomato crops, I am also happy to share with the community an update of my black seeded string beans which are now ready to be harvested and still bearing some flowers.
My black seeded string beans are still bearing flowers while there are yields that are ready to be harvested.
These beans can be eaten while it is soft and green or let them mature into brown-colored string beans where the seeds are separated to be cooked as black beans.
Black seeded string beans flowers
Below are some images of the beans while they are still green and young. I harvested some today because I am going to cook a local stew for my family to eat (will be partnered with rice).
Black seeded string beans yield
Some of the black seeded string beans that I harvested
Last but not the least, I am also happy to share with the community my old eggplant crops. I say old because I already harvested fruits on them before I even started to join this amazing community.
The good thing about these eggplant crops is they keep on bearing fruit if it is watered continuously.
I already lost track of how many times I harvested on my eggplants crops.
Here are some images of my old eggplant crops
Some eggplants that I harvested
That is all for now, see you on my next vegetable gardening blog. Keep safe.
Congratulations on your crops! Ang lawak namam pala ng taniman mo kabayan at ang sarap kumain ng gulay na galing sa sarili mong tanim. Lalo na ung mga kamatis na sariwa at masarap ihalo sa vegetable salad. Looking forward on your next crops🙂
Thank you kabayan, medyo maluwang nga say kabayan, and medyo mahirap din i-maintain and medyo malawak na vegetable garden, nakakapagod din. And tama ka kabayan napakasarap na ihalo sa vegetable salad ang sariwang kamatis. Magandang gabi sayo kabayan.
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Digging is not easy, but it is the most effective way to divert water. I think you have found a good way to take advantage of the water runoff from the neighboring rice paddies, so that your plants are always hydrated. Good idea. Regards.
Indeed, I thought it was easy because I only dug a shallow canal, but I was wrong. Have a nice day ahead.
That's an innovative way of getting free irrigation for your vegetable garden.
Thank you. And yes, it makes me work a little less in fetching water by hand.
That is awesome work dude! We've just been having to dig trenches for cables and it's definitely not easy work. It looks lush having the water running through like this and a great way to irrigate the veg garden 🌟
Thank you, hard work does pay off. And you are right, digging is not easy, it may seem easy but it is not.
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I heard tomatoes are the hardest to grow as a beginner. Is it true?
Lovely work man. My mom would have loved to come visit the entire process. She always loved growing vegetables at home.
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I have a hard time controlling the pests on my tomato crops, so, my answer is yes, but not that very hard, there's definitely a learning curve.
Thank you, the entire process is pretty much very enjoyable, since you see your hard work right from the beginning until they bear fruit.
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Wow this is brilliant! Does the water stay or eventually dissipate?
Your tomatoes are nearly there!
They eventually dissipate within a week and return again if there is water at the nearby rice fields.
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I love your garden, especially the round eggplants! Are those native crops, because I haven't seen round eggplants in the farmer's market before.
What a way to reuse water! Your garden won't be flooded AND they get watered at the same time. Hitting two birds in one stone. Your hard work definitely paid off.
I can't really say if they are native to our country, the Philippines. I only know that they are commonly seen anywhere in the country.
Indeed, thank you.
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Some great looking plants and garden here! The drainage ditch is definitely an important thing to have, so I'm glad you made one! Gotta get the excess water away from your stuff!
Thank you (^_^)
You are right and gotta got the excess water away.