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British Farm We continue our sustainable lifestyle from Wales to Batangas, Philippines...
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Dave's fishing pond is filling up with irrigation pump using solar. Our community got 1day power cut due to maintenance ...
22/10/2025

Dave's fishing pond is filling up with irrigation pump using solar.
Our community got 1day power cut due to maintenance but having solar, we're not affected...

He is marking his 2nd garage, bless our marriage as I love to give my opinions in how he will build 🫣
22/10/2025

He is marking his 2nd garage, bless our marriage as I love to give my opinions in how he will build 🫣

If you grow your own foods, you feel the security & peace of mind that no matter what happened in the outside world - yo...
21/10/2025

If you grow your own foods, you feel the security & peace of mind that no matter what happened in the outside world - you have foods that grows without any harmful chemicals.
Natural Farming is the way forward..

Feeling good...Feels so good using electric for irrigation, pool pump, chicken hatchery, Japanese Koi ponds & household ...
20/10/2025

Feeling good...

Feels so good using electric for irrigation, pool pump, chicken hatchery, Japanese Koi ponds & household appliance like aircon using Solar.
When Solar companies did the survey, they suggests a big set up. They don't know us that we survived in a very little solar electric at Gardd Darna for 7years. We are very mindful to our usage & always checking the Solar app.

It feels good to grow our own foods knowing no harmful chemicals added in growing & processing them...

It feels good to be in control of our lives in some ways...

I am grateful that I spent many years in Wales - taught me so much lessons in life - how to live simply (*over statement!) & happy, to become sustainable.. to be content in what we have, embrace life & share skills to people I met along the way....

* I started to questioned my Living Simply statement😅 in the Philippines as I know I am more priviledge than a lot of people here because we saved money & invest to reached this stage in life. But me & Dave still doing a lot of hands on here, I don't have housemaid - I clean this 5bedroom house, cook meal for Dave, feed all our chickens & I clean their pen regularly. I am a driver, interpreter, I manage & pay all bills.

Irrigation pump using solar power filling up Dave's fisgpond. We think will take approximately 8days to fill up by turni...
20/10/2025

Irrigation pump using solar power filling up Dave's fisgpond. We think will take approximately 8days to fill up by turning on the pump from 10am to 3pm..

We got a typhoon yesterday so digging of the irrigation borehole has been delayed for 1 day. But they are here today, t...
20/10/2025

We got a typhoon yesterday so digging of the irrigation borehole has been delayed for 1 day.

But they are here today, tomorrow we start filling Dave's fishpond using this irrigation as well as for ricefield & vegetable area using free electric from Solar...

My former colleagues from NHS will visit us today so I went to the market as early as 5am to get the fresh catch before ...
20/10/2025

My former colleagues from NHS will visit us today so I went to the market as early as 5am to get the fresh catch before it sold out.

Yellow fin tuna, King fish & prawns are in the menu today... Tanique taste much better than Tuna... We can also eat Tanique fresh like tuna...just lemon & chillies.

First hatched since we are back in the Philippines, 46 chicks from our own Rhode Island Red. This is classed as dual pur...
18/10/2025

First hatched since we are back in the Philippines, 46 chicks from our own Rhode Island Red. This is classed as dual purpose - good egg layer and good size for meat. Will load another batch today, then will hatched khaki campbell or peking duck eggs...

We are not in the stage of selling yet, we need to established our stocks, become sustainable, feed ourselves before we think of selling.

The other day, the pump man that will dig the borehole for water irrigation gave quotation, I asked my brother to ask th...
18/10/2025

The other day, the pump man that will dig the borehole for water irrigation gave quotation, I asked my brother to ask the man to come today.
Pumpman: Just buy all materials next week so I could start.
Me: Can we buy today, now?
Pumpman: As in now?
Me: Yes! I drive and tell me what you need then start digging tomorrow so we can finish the irrigation pump tomorrow?
Pumpman: Yes!

Do it now so we can plan for other projects next week!

Simple things that makes me happy - 2days that we are not using mains electric since our Solar has been set up...! This ...
17/10/2025

Simple things that makes me happy - 2days that we are not using mains electric since our Solar has been set up...! This morning, we still have 58% of our battery despite aircon, incubator & broody lights to our days old chicks, plus pump for our Japanese Koi. We are very conservative in using Solar as we had this set-up in UK! When the sun is up - I am like crazy, using washing machine, cooking in electric, dehydrator etc etc...

We live in the tropical country where we can harness the sun for electric but very few invest in Solar! I always told, it's expensive. Okay, sure it is, as we have to pay upfront, we dont have govt funding here - big guys will lower their stock shares to electric company if govt start funding Solar! They are not shooting their foot. But then again, govt funding in Solar has it's own downside like we seen in UK!

The cost of solar with battery is from Php300k-600k (£4k-8k) for household, this is an INVESTMENT but I can see a simple house here got 2 to 3 expensive cars or pick-up that worth more than Php2M! (£30k).
You MUST have battery when you have a Solar, so when Meralco got repair or typhoon destroyed some electric post you have electric! NO POINT in having Solar if you don't have battery!
Again, this is how other solar company promoting Solar system here: Ma'm, you will able to sell electric to Meralco or Batelec! The word SELL is something everyone wants! But they buy your electric a fraction of a penny and you BUY in expensive price! Forget about the Net metering application around Php 50k (£650) and long months to process!
After 3-5 years, you get your money back and having a lot of free electric afterwards!
As we know car is a liability than investment. But of course, we can't carry our Solar system all over the places unlike luxury car, they can show off in the streets or friends😅

I'd like to give credit to our Solar installer, a small business where the owner is here from Day 1 to Day 3 and very hands on to his company. AGMC Solar Panel Trading

Every Friday it's Farmer's market in our town so I wake-up early to take my mum & sister.The side road is full of differ...
17/10/2025

Every Friday it's Farmer's market in our town so I wake-up early to take my mum & sister.
The side road is full of different kind of fresh produced..
Market price is way cheaper & fresher than supermarket here. Plus it feels good to buy to this small business than those billionnaires who owns huge supermarket.

Then after that, we had breakfast that last til 11am with friends.. Soo much things to catch up ❤️

16/10/2025

We had a 5-minute loss of electricity last night, Dave told me (I was asleep!) Then, the emergency back-up of our Solar kicks in - few lights & garage where incubator is!
Few chicks hatched yesterday so excited to see how many of Rhode Island Red chicks hatched...
First I have to go to Farmers market in few minutes then breakfast in the cafe of our friends with few more friends to catch up. I should be back before lunch to boss around 😅

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