May is a bit of an odd month in our part of the Philippines. It is generally accepted as the end of the dry season and the beginning of the rainy season. Although in our area of Central Luzon, there are periods of rain and dry spread throughout the year. That makes for some humorous observations from PAGASA, the national weather service. Some months ago, they declared the beginning of the dry season. True for most of the country, But in our area, it rained, hard, every day for a week after the announcement. A similar thing happened when they declared the commencement of the rainy season in mid May. It stopped raining for almost a week afterwards. We are now getting some good showers from time to time. The grass in the pasture has returned to green, but, Marlyn still frequently has to irrigate the gardens.
Still, we reap the benefits of farm life. In May, some of our root crops were ready to harvest. We got peanuts, camotes (yams), and taro. Nothing really in commercial quantities, but enough to supplement our own larder and share with friends and neighbors. The time is also right to plant another root crop. The roots that were reserved from our last ginger harvest have sprouted and are ready to go into the ground. So, as camote was taken out, ginger was put in.
And so the seasons go ’round and ’round.
The View from Inner Earth 