If one would ask, why I started planting, I’d automatically give you three reasons: The first and most important reason would be my family. As it is with any mother, I wanted my family to be healthy and be free from all sickness and disease. But, as our business grew, my family and I started to feel the pinch of a very stressful life. We had less time to eat properly; which led to us getting sick very often. It was at that moment that I decided that I had had enough! It was time to change their diets Picture Despite some of their protests, I made them eat lots of greens, drink fruit and vegetable juices and reduce their carbohydrate intake. After some time their health improved and they became less sickly. At that point, I had made up my mind. I decided that I would plant vegetables in our backyard for the health of my family. My main problem, however, was that I didn’t know how to go about it. This leads us to my second reason. Back in early 2012, our company, Our Knowledge Consulting (Asia), decided to host an agricultural event. Trying to come up with a good event, I looked for seasoned speakers and hands-on trainers. Luckily I came across Jojo Rom’s Facebook profile where I saw his farm in containers! I invited him to be our main speaker for the agricultural event we were setting up. Our meeting with Jojo soon gave birth to our advocacy, Farm Nation. That meeting also ignited the “gardening” fire in me…which leads us to my last reason. I discovered that I really love gardening! Through the techniques that I learned from Farm Nation and Jojo Rom, I knew that I could pursue my dream of creating my very own home farm... which we now call Pocket Farms. I’ve soon realized that the amount of space didn’t really matter. So long as you have creativity and patience, your dream of having your very own home farm won’t be far away… literally. Now, I’d like to share this knowledge to everyone. I’d like to tell everyone that, no matter where we live – in an apartment, condominium, etc.- or how big or small our house is, we can plant healthy vegetables, herbs and fruits for our families’ well being. Filipinos need to realize that Pocket Farming is not costly, messy or impossible. All you really need is a little patience, creativity and love to make your very own Pocket Farm.

1. pocket farming
forhealth and
wellness
by: helen p. san agustin

2. it’s time to break the bounds
what did we
learn from this
activity?

3. some common questions
about pocket farming

4. what is a pocket farm?

5. this is a
pocket
farm

6. this is also
a pocket
farm

7. and so is
this one

8. how did i get started
with pocket farming?

9. less stress
safer food
less garbage
less expenses
healthier lifestyle
what are the benefits
of pocket farming?

10. less stress

11. safer food

12. less garbage

13. less expenses

14. healthier
lifestyle

15. where do we plantthem?

16. we can
use plastic
bottles

17. or just about
any type of
container

18. we can
use them
this way

19. or this way

20. or this way

21. or just
about any
way

22. what if we don’t have soil?

23. we can
make our
own soil

24. by a process
called
composting

25. we’ll also
need these
little helpers

26. how do we carefor them?

27. well, we
water
them

28. give them
lots of sun

29. and
fertilize
them

30. what about plant problems?

31. getting rid
of pests

32. treating
plant
diseases

33. other stuff

34. create big enough holes for drainage
evaluate your light
give your plant proper nutrients
list what you need before buying plants
combine plants with similar needs
read and save the plant tag
sometimes plants die
acclimatize your plants
the more potting soil the better
choose plants that fit the way you live
ten tips for beginners

35. connectwith us on facebook…

36. www.Facebook.com/PocketFarmsManila
www.Facebook.com/FarmNationPH
www.Facebook.com/SMEForum

37. connectwith our-knowledgeon…

38. www.OurKnowledge.Asia
www.Linkedin.com/Company/Our-Knowledge-Consulting-Asia-
www.Facebook.com/OurKnowledgeAsia
www.twitter.com/OurKnowledgePH