Visiting the "SVD Laudato Si' Farm" in Tagaytay. / Besuch der "SVD Laudato Si' Farm" in Tagaytay.

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In early June, we visited the SVD Laudato Si' Farm in Tagaytay. What awaits you there is described on the farm’s website with the keywords "FaithFarmingFoodAndFamily—Ecospirituality retreats and recollections; sustainable organic farming; farm-to-table dining; and more!"

Now, even though I'm an agnostic and not particularly religious, it all sounded quite interesting and inviting — so off we went to explore this sprawling eco-farm!

Deutsch


Anfang Juni besuchten wir die SVD Laudato Si' Farm in Tagaytay. Was einen dort erwartet, wird auf der Website der Farm mit den Stichworten "Glaube, Landwirtschaft, Essen & Familie – Ökospirituelle Rückzugsorte und Einkehrtage; nachhaltiger Bio-Landbau; frische Hofküche direkt auf den Tisch; und mehr!" umschrieben.

Nun, auch wenn ich selbst als Agnostiker nicht gerade gläubig bin, klang das doch recht interessant und einladend - also auf ging's zur Erkundung der beträchtliche Ausmaße aufweisenden Ökofarm!




Unfortunately, a considerable percentage of the species Homo sapiens is stupid and irresponsible enough to make such signs necessary... Leider ist ein beträchtlicher Prozentsatz der Spezies Homo sapiens dumm und verantwortungslos genug, solche Schilder erforderlich zu machen ...




As I looked at the sign, my first thought was whether it might be a bit excessive to prohibit bringing your own food — just to support the on-site restaurants.
But then my second thought told me there's likely a very different reason for the ban: at other places, many people who bring their own food end up tossing the packaging and leftovers into the surroundings. And I can understand that the farm staff would rather avoid the tedious work of having to collect and dispose of all that litter...
Beim Betrachten des Schildes war mein erster Gedanke die Frage, ob es nicht vielleicht doch etwas übertrieben sei, kein eigenes Essen mitbringen zu sollen, nur um die auf dem Gelände befindlichen Restaurants zu unterstützen.
Mein zweiter sagte mir dann jedoch, dass es vermutlich einen ganz anderen Grund für das Verbot gibt: An anderen Orten werfen viele Leute, die ihr eigens Essen mitbringen, danach Verpackungen und Essensreste einfach in die Landschaft - und ich kann verstehen, dass sich das Personal der Farm die Arbeit gerne spart, solchen Müll dann mühsam aufsammeln und entsorgen zu müssen ...

One of the two restaurants on the farm grounds.
Eines der beiden Restaurants auf dem Farmgelände.





Meals are served in one of the picturesque wooden huts set up near the restaurant. Gegessen wird dann in einer der in der näheren Umgebung des Restaurants aufgestellten pittoresken Holzhütten.


Boba milk tea "Matcha Cheese Cake Flavor".
Boba-Milchtee "Matcha Cheese Cake Flavor".

Among other crops, the farm's homegrown passion fruits thrive here. Unter anderen hier gedeihen die selbst angebauten Passionsfrüchte der Farm.


At first, I worried the can might contain store-bought sugary water with artificial flavoring, but the juice turned out to be fresh and delicious — and, as I was told, made from their own harvest. Zunächst befürchtete ich, in der Dose befände sich irgendwo eingekauftes Zuckerwasser mit Fruchtaroma, aber der Saft erwies sich als frisch und lecker und stammte, wie mir erklärt wurde, aus eigenem Anbau.

Bread with crab cream dip to start.
Brot mit Krabbencreme zum Auftakt.

"SVD Garden Salad".
"SVD Garden Salad".

Deep fried catfish with salted egg from the farm's own pond. Frittierter Wels mit Salzei aus dem hauseigenen Teich.



Here, you can buy vegetables grown on the farm. Hier kann man auf dem Farmgelände angebautes Gemüse kaufen.

A look at the farm's cultivated land.
Blick auf die Ackerflächen der Farm.



Young mango saplings.
Junge Mangosetzlinge.







Hellenia speciosa.
Hellenia speciosa.

I hadn't expected just how vast the farm area would actually be! Ich hatte vorher nicht erwartet, wie weitläufig das Farmareal tatsächlich war!

"Bonn Germany"? :-)
"Bonn Germany"? :-)

Now, on to the farm's chickens and pigs.
Nun zu den Hühnern und Schweinen der Farm.





Still unripe passion fruits.
Noch unreife Passionsfrüchte.

A rather impressive jackfruit.
Eine ziemlich beeindruckende Jackfrucht.

Papayas.
Papayas.


Banana plants.
Bananenstauden.


Pachystachys lutea ('golden shrimp plant').
Pachystachys lutea ('Goldähre').


Part of the grounds are covered by forest.
Ein Teil des Geländes ist von Wald bedeckt.


Nephila pilipes is an impressive spider that can reach body lengths of more than four centimeters. Nephila pilipes ist eine eindrucksvolle Spinne, die Körperlängen von über vier Zentimetern erreichen kann.








Somehow, the winding paths had led us out of the farm grounds, which we then re-entered through this 'forbidden door'. Irgendwie hatten uns die verschlungenen Wege aus dem Farmareal geführt, das wir durch diese 'verbotene Tür' dann erneut betraten.


The farm premises offer believers many opportunities for prayer, such as this interior space of an 'open-air church'. Auf dem Farmgelände bieten sich Gläubigen viele Gelegenheiten zum Beten, wie z. B. dieser Innenbereich einer 'Freiluftkirche'.


Please don't get lost! :)
Bitte nicht verirren! :)

A little advertising for the fruit juices offered on the farm... Etwas Werbung für die auf der Farm dargebotenen Fruchtsäfte ...



This is also the pond that produced the catfish I ate earlier. Aus diesem Teich stammte auch der von mir vorher verspeiste Wels.



The fruits of Momordica cochinchinensis (Gac fruit) are used as a vegetable in Asia. Die Früchte von Momordica cochinchinensis (Gacfrucht) werden in Asien als Gemüse verwendet.










Beautiful bloom of Heliconia psittacorum.
Wunderschöne Blüte von Heliconia psittacorum.



The operators of SVD Farm clearly place great importance on environmentally-friendly waste separation as well. Auch auf eine umweltfreundliche Mülltrennung legen die Betreiber der SVD-Farm offensichtlich großen Wert.
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Your little family had a wonderful trip to a very nice, friendly-vironmental farm. There are many interesting things to see in a very large area of the farm. It’s good that they serve foods freshly directly from their farm. (with no chemical)

All over the area looks clean and has good management. Flowers are beautiful and some are exotic that I haven’t seen before, such as golden shrimp plants, etc.

It seems that your wife, @kobold-djawa, and your little princess, @janari01, enjoyed visiting this farm very much.

Thanks so much for sharing. I can touch the good atmosphere through your photos… 😊

Hello @tangmo thank you. You're absolutely right, it was great to visit Bali again with @jaki01. It's a fortune to be able to reminisce our sweet memories of the past when we had our first date there.
And the best thing is that we took our fruit of love @janari01 with us this time 💞👩‍❤️‍👨👨‍👩‍👧🌅.

Anyway...every moment with your whole family is always precious and wonderful, don't you think 😉?

It's not the place or the things you do is important.
What makes them valuable and wonderful is the people you share the moments with 😘😍.

Have a great time to you too there with your family 💖.

Many thanks for your kind wishes for me and my family!

I totally agree with you, "what makes them valuable and wonderful is the people you share the moments with".... You are so lucky to have a warm family! 😍

Yes. I ENJOYED it for real. Thank you, auntie! starts dancing

You're welcome! You are great! ;)

Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks for reading and commenting! :)

You're welcome! ;)

This place sounds like a perfect spot to relax and enjoy nature 😍 It's so cool that it blends sustainable farming with delicious farm-to-table dining ✨ Will add this to our itinerary when we visit Tagaytay again 💖

Will add this to our itinerary when we visit Tagaytay again

I recommend it, I am sure you would enjoy that place! :)

What an incredible place that farm is, my friend. Visiting it must be something magnificent for those who enjoy contact with nature and at the same time taking advantage of all the resources that are there to share with visitors.

Yes, it is a great place for having a pleasant time and relaxing. And the good thing is that it is rather near to my condo.

Sehr beeindruckend, da kann man ja Tage verbringen!

Ja, das ist wirklich ein sehr weitläufiges und abwechslungsreiches Areal. Unsere Tochter hatte viel Spaß dabei, die verschiedenen Ecken zu erkunden.

That's really a wonderful place, to relax, to enjoy nature, eating some nice food, buying vegetables and pray! 😊

I can see that you had a good day. The view of the place is so soothing. I like the meals as well
Looks good…

Yes, it's a very nice place and rather near to our condo, so we might go there more often in future.

Whoa, that's a big and wide farmland in Tagaytay. There's a lot to see and you can even enjoy a fresh drinks with all those delicious looking foods. And they really maintain the farm cleanliness ha.

You have summarized it perfectly; little remains to be said. :)

'You gotta keep it separated'! 😁😉👊

wow.. what a lovely and very GREEN place. That lunch looked really good! :)

Yes, a very nice place to just walk, watch and relax!

In each of the pictures you shared in this new post, I saw different types of beauty which I really liked. I also saw some beautiful pictures of nature. I look forward to seeing more such beautiful pictures. I wish you all the best.

Thank you for this nice comment - wish you a great day!

this looks like the Farm stay we have here (or agritourism), where you eat the farm itself food, all organic

this place looks huge tough, it must have taken the whole day to watch it all

eating on the hut looks cool too, but prices are quite similar to here

Yes, inspecting the farm lasted several hours but the time was worth it. Concerning the prices you are right: altogether life in Tagaytay is not really so cheap as some people might expect.

beautiful farm to enjoy and share with the family

Indeed, it's a really beautiful and relaxing place.

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