Jackfruit

     I remember growing up with our hut surrounded by many fruit trees. There were avocados, lanzones, jackfruit, lime,  santol, and many others.  We had lots of them with many other vegetable plants then they've all been swept by typhoon Haiyan in 2013, leaving us a barren field.

     My good friend at the Department of Agriculture gave me ripe jackfruit that after eating, I decided to plant the seeds. Three have grown and the biggest of them is twice my height. It is a simple pleasure seeing the growth of the plant the seed of which I sowed.

The growing jackfruit

    I am looking forward for it to grow. This reminds me that if people are not lazy, they have many things they can sow, and reap the fruits of their labor.