The Road To Simplicity This blog is about our transition from city life to a simpler life

3Jul/090

Delivery and Planting

The low-bark Nam Doc Mai mango and longkong seedlings were scheduled to be delivered the next day. The downside to setting up the farm was that there was no concept of customer service like in the US where you can expect delivery to your door. We had to work with transporting the goods from the pier to Dalaguete. We rented a truck for a day which caused us about ~ $220 and hired people to help with moving.

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25May/090

Planting Map

I promised to show you guys the final planting map for the 2000sqm land. This is a pdf file that contains the mapping of the Nam Doc Mai mangoes, Longkong Lanzones and the "Tomboy" Calamansi.  All these plants costs about Php17250 or (~$370) .  Additional expenses include shipping them from Davao Php5000 (~$110) and trucking Php10000 ($215).

Final Planting Map

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25May/090

Low Bark Nam Doc Mai

We're crazy for mangoes. They're golden, they're sweet and aromatic.  Before all this, the only mangoes I knew were the "piko",  "kalabaw", "supsupin" and "indian" mangoes. After researching which mango variety would work, we opted for the Thai-variety, Nam Doc Mai.

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