Our small veggie patch...
Living in a desert country, it gives great pleasure when we are able to grow something like this in your yard.
This is a small hole @kennyroy dug for us to dump all our biodegradable wastes, mainly fruits and vegetable peels. He layers it with soil every now and then.
It did not take time until sprouts slowly came out. Soon there were squash, tomatoes and bitter gourd. We did not really plant them. They are from the seeds that we dump on the holes.
Oh, would you believe that this little thriving tomato was a dead plant already? It was a tomato plant from which @kennyroy already harvested fruits. He just dumped what's left of it and the soil in this pit.
I'm really impressed with this pit. Though small, see the squash budding too.
We have grown a big squash patch, but it doest really bear fruits. We always see flowers but that's the farthest it's been so far. I think it's not really the fruit bearing variety.
Likewise, the bitter gourd has been bearing fruits but they don't really grow big enough for us to harvest.
So far, it's only tomatoes that we have successfully harvested. It has grown a couple of bunches already and we're happy with that.
Little pleasures, great learning.
As we approach the unforgiving desert summer months, it will not be long before these plants may soon wither away. It was great though, to have experienced growing plants and vegetables like this. Somehow, we got to experience again what we would only do in the Philippines. It does not fail to catch attention to passersby too. Some greens are always welcome to people's sights, especially here.
At least our kids also had the learning opportunity, seeing how seeds sprout and grow into plants, have flowers and bear fruits. They were also given the responsibility to water the mini garden everyday, a way to instill character in them too.
I still hope the squash grows big enough for us to harvest...
Do you think they stand a chance?
❤️Arlyn