Hey hey, what do you know, the tapilan or rice bean have finally popped out. I planted them in somewhere and forgot about them and overhead, some cute yellow flowers started to poke out. I thought they were munggo, but when I grabbed some and opened up, found they were actually rice beans.
Since I only planted one in, I got a paltry harvest, but pretty good for no effort. They came out stubbier than the usual tapilan, and I definitely will be planting these in again more seriously.
I'm pretty busy now and have been trying to keep a decent nursery for less busy times. The chickens are still a challenge-- when you don't want to feed them, you can't cage them in (as they forage for food), but the payoff is really that they scratch the floor endlessly and eat stuff. These corn seedlings were nipped always by the chickens.
I tried to cover them with a badminton racket, but that didn't really work out properly enough.
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Hello, Ms. Bea!
I've been reading your blog, on and off, for over a year now. I first learned about it through a link in MarketMan's blog.
My name is Enya, a writer for Summit Media's food magazine called YUMMY. I am working on an article right now about Urban Agriculture and I'm looking for people who have vegetable gardens located in the city.
I'm wondering, do you live in the city? Is the wonderful garden that you feature in your blog located in the city? If so, may I please ask if it's possible that we feature your garden in the April issue of Yummy magazine?
We just need to take photos of your garden and ask you a few things about the plants you have and how you're able to maintain them.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read my email.
Hoping for your positive and immediate response in this regard.
Ciao!
--Enya
hello.
i am from southern tagalog and we used to plant tapilan in our village in the '80s. we used to plant kadios as well.
it's a pity nobody from our place does anymore. tapilan tastes better than monggo for me.
tapilan used to be a staple vegetable in our locality. thanks for featuring this.
I sell tapilan/rice beans. you may text me at 09298869600
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