Estela Jumawid Iliadis
My Big Fat Philippines Wedding
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Our native house.Click on
Sheets of sasa laying on the floor treated with Solignum and nailed on both sides of the frame. Laborous, time consuming work but the result is worth the effort.
The parquet panels of 1 sq.M were fabricated from scratch. From the tree cutting with my own chainsaw, slashing and machined in my shop, installed by my men. Fabulous work, Filipinos is fast learning people, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO TEACH THEM THINGS.
The patio in front of the house 2.5 M X 5 floor made with parquet “made in house”. One inch thick Mahagony pieces assembled to reproduce designs found in the pre-revolution palaces in France.
Hard to find bamboo of this size in the area. Some go up to 15 centimeters in diameter. But Stela’s 4×4 knew the way, often on the most remote areas of Bohol. The patio with a fully equipped kitchen attached.
An overview of the land and house. 3 buildings for a total of more than 250 Sq M living space.
A closer view of the “campound” as my friends used to call it
The gate and driveway.
We bought 400 mahogany trees to cut and shape the wood to our needs. Obtaining permits and licenses from the government wasn’t an easy ride, a tough job that Stella handled the challenge like a pro. Chain sow operators are talented craftsmen, They will slice a tree up to 50 centimeters diameter to 5 centimeters slices with an electronic precision, obtaining the same thickness on each piece. Amazing! But hard to find them. They are always busy.
Stella has a passion with farming and gardening. “The rich girl from America” as the neighbors call her have rarely seen her with high heels shoes and fashion dressed. Gins and her yellow 4X4 Suzuki is going to the farm washer favorite lifestyle
7 years later later growing like crazy. The “Dwarfs” planted on both sides of the drive and along the fence climb so high and wide that had to trim some branches because cars couldn’t make it through. Stela’s work paid off! No chemicals here! The fertilizer was coming from the rice mill, they call it here “palay skin” and it was given away for free at that time.
With my “troop” in the forest finding and negotiating large size bamboo. They told me to avoid the area as nearby was an MPA bivouac. Who cares? I lived in Africa for many years, on “hot spots” regions, no one ever harmed me.
Multicolored species of Orchids flowers start climbing covering the iron fence, people passing by have never seen that before.THE FARMING YEARS
Me-and-Tatay. I had the idea, Tatay the knowledge, skills and passion for nature.
Tatay-at-75
Tribute-to-Tatay.Never tired, responsible and reliable Tatay raised a family of 10 with dignity and respect. A role model father and citizen in the community he lives. Hang in there Tatay! We still need you. You know how much me and your daughter care for you, how much respect we have for you. You’ll go to 95!!!
Stella checking the seedlingsWe needed 3 000, we got half of them in 3-4 days and decided to buy the rest from a village nearby .
The digging began
Tatay the leader
Father and brother in law. Partens on everything, when Lonlon passed away on a tragic accident Tatay not only lost a son but his best friend and partner.
Let the planting beginThe Farm Stela’s paradise
Adrian was only 4 but managed to harvest anyway.
Cleaning up the wild nature and make it ready for plantation
The locals around couldn’t understand the undertaking of the operation in such remote area, some were saying the “Americano” is digging for gold, not to plant peanuts, and other tsismis about our real motivation.
The farm Stela’s paradise.
The farm Stela’s paradise.
The farm Stela’s paradise.
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