Having another harvest
By Sunrise Fan
@sunrisefan (28524)
Philippines
January 19, 2020 3:10pm CST
In a previous, I said that we were leaving for home this Saturday but when I checked out our plane tickets, I found out that we're leaving on Friday evening. It's my older daughter's birthday today and a friend of hers (with husband and son) asked to drop by late afternoon yesterday so I made a harvest of the veggies in the garden as my daughters may not have the time to harvest when I'm away.
I harvested all of the Chinese chives, a ripe tomato (there are still many but are still green), a capsicum, the rockets (3rd harvest) and the parsley (there are still many left in the garden.
My wife used the Chinese chives to cook with sliced tofu and ground pork for dinner and my daughter's visitors liked it.
I hope my daughter or son-in-law will have some time to water the plants in the garden after I leave. It's my older daughter's first day at work though after being stranded in Manila for 3 days because of the Taal Volcano eruption. Prior to that, she was also stranded overnight at the Mactan International Airport for the same reason.
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@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
@sunrisefan yeah.. have you packed already?
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
Or we would be left behind by our plane :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
Yes, I started packing and my check-in luggage is already full so I’m leaving many of my things behind to give way to pasalubongs for relatives and some close friends and neighbors. My younger daughter told me to use her bigger luggage because, we’ll be back in March for another 4 months. I hope the one month we’re going home would be enough for the many things I have to attend to.
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@DianneN (246849)
• United States
16 Sep 20
@sunrisefan That is another sign of the times. I'm sure you are enjoying time with your family in the meantime.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
17 Sep 20
@DianneN Yes, especially with my grandson :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
16 Sep 20
Yes, I'm okay here, thanks. We would have gone home on June 25 but our carrier cancelled their flights in NZ until now. Our visa expired Sept. 12 but, thankfully, we were given automatic extension while our application for a new visa is still unacted.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
20 Jan 20
Glad you double checked your flights!! Or else you’d miss your flights and it’d be more cost to get new tickets.
Love all you harvest so fresh !
I hope someone waters the garden and keeps up with the garden 
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
Yes, good thing I took a look at our ticket because asked what time was our flight. I’m hoping too that they will have some time to water the plants even if not daily.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
20 Jan 20
@sunrisefan yes important to double check And glad you did!! Do they have sprinklers?
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
You mean automatic sprinklers with timer? No they don’t have such.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
19 Jan 20
That would be a nice garden salad. It's really a joy to have a garden.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
20 Jan 20
@sunrisefan it would be nicer to eat as a salad since it came from your garden.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
Yes we eat the rocket as salad but we cook the Chinese chives with sliced tofu and ground pork the Chinese way.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
22 Apr 20
The little biy is now learning to walk and he’ll be a year old next month. Unfortunately, we cannot have a party for him because of the lockdown. My wife has brought many decors for the planned party and she also bought some toys for the loot bags. I was amused because she also brought a tarpaulin banner she ordered before we flew to NZ.
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@DianneN (246849)
• United States
20 Jan 20
@sunrisefan I’m sure you are.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
Thanks Ms. DianneN. I’m already missing our little baby :)
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
25 Jan 20
@sunrisefan Sorry your daughter and son- in -law , i mean. he he he
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
25 Jan 20
I do not have a daughter-in-law because my children are both girls:)
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
25 Feb 20
How was your visit? I hope you had a great time on your daughter's birthday.
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
27 Feb 20
@jobelbojel About 3 months and a half.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
25 Feb 20
I’m still in the Philippines and will be back in New Zealand next month. We still had a great time celebrating my daughter’s birthday because she arrived a few days before the date.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
No, our flight is on Friday evening yet, Ms. Rach.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
30 Oct 20
It is nice to harvest from your own garden and cook it.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
31 Oct 20
Yes, it makes you happy eating the fruits of your labor :)
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 Jan 20
Indeed it was good I check again our ticket for our flight or we would have missed our flight home :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
4 Nov 20
Yes, we enjoyed the salad with the rocket and tomato. We used the Chinese chives with ground pork in Worcestershire sauce.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
4 Nov 20
@CarolDM No problem :) Still appreciate your dropping somevlines.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Nov 20
@sunrisefan Sorry almost a year late responding!
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