It has been a while since my last update about my sustainable garden. In my last post, I shared pictures of the different varieties of pepper plants in the garden and I remember mentioning how well the pepper plants were thriving.
Today, I would be sharing with you one of my secret recipes for a well thriving garden, the creation of a nursery for more pepper plants and some plants I recently harvested from the garden.
First, the secret recipe. We all know that watering our plants regularly is essential for proper thriving of the plants but do you just use plain water while doing this? For a very long time, I watered all my plants with just normal water and they were all doing fairly well until they weren't any more. At some point, I observed that most of the leaves(especially the leaves from the potato plants) turned yellow and the growth of the plants was generally very slow.
I went online to do a quick research and I finally settled with the conclusion that the plants were lacking calcium. Not too long after this conclusion, I began saving my eggs shells and also storing the barks of some fruits in a container filled with water.
Once I got enough egg shells, I ground the egg shells till I got a powdery texture which I added to the water filtered from the fruit mixture. This fluid was used to water the plants in the garden and in no time, I saw visible improvements! This mixture, alongside normal water, is what I use in my garden till date and all I can say is that the plants are thriving pretty well.
Next, allow me to introduce you to the nursery made out of sachet water packs. Instead of littering the dustbins with so many sachets, I decided to fill some of them up with sand mixed with homemade manure.
I watered the sand and let it settle for a few days before planting the seeds. A few days ago, I saw a sprout and I cannot be more proud of myself. Soon enough, I would get to transplant the seedlings into bigger bags or plastic bottles and watch them thrive.
The last thing I would like to talk about is the bountiful harvests of sweet potatoes, tubers of yam and ginger.
First, the sweet potatoes. I mentioned in one of my previous posts that I was really scared about the growth of the sweet potato plants. This was because the leaves were perforated and discoloured. I was very close to giving up on the sweet potatoes because I thought they were eventually going to wilt and die but to my utmost surprise, they didn't.
The sweet potato plants–which I planted in recycled cement bags–had a major and very interesting comeback. A few days ago, I just decided to harvest them because they were due for harvesting and I was greeted by two very plump looking tubers of potato from the first bag, not to mention the rest of the bags.
The tubers of yam that were also planted in the same type of bag did extremely poorly but the good news is; the tubers of yam still germinated and that made me content. However, I would advise that tubers of yam should be planted directly in the ground and not some makeshift simulation of the ground because tubers of yam need so much space to thrive properly. Lesson learnt.
Finally, the star of the show–ginger roots! One would not believe that I got so many ginger roots just by planting a few of the roots(about ten to fifteen roots only). I cannot overemphasize how thrilled I am about the harvests and the upcoming sprouts– all things being equal.
I have learnt so many lessons from my sustainable garden and one of such lessons is perseverance. Even when the plants seem to be wilting, persevere.
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Very nice!!! It's so very true that we can learn a lot by working with nature, and growing some of our own food.
You've inspired me to try sweet potatoes again. The last time I tried I got only a few spindly roots. They tasted very good though. And ginger! I really must try that.
I had some of the sweet potatoes today for breakfast and they tasted so goood!
So yes, sweet potatoes are worthy of a second chance in your garden. And goodluck with the ginger.
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You seem to have a talent for bulbs. I don't even have a single bulb in my garden.
By bulbs I believe you mean ginger?
Wow, and I have been wasting away my eggshells; thanks to you, I will be putting them to good use henceforth.
Your ginger and potatoes look so fresh; I had the same experience as yours with yam as well; for now, I just avoid planting them until I can get ground space. !LUV
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Eggshells can be really good for thriving plants.
Thank you Funshee dearest😊
You are welcome Sis 😍😊
Whoa, you did it.
Well, I still try to grow ginger.
I am not sure if it's because of the type of soil I used but the ginger roots did not give me so much trouble. All I did was put them in the soil and harvest them a few months later.
Have you tried adding extra nutrients to the soil? Also, I planted the ginger about 2-3 inches deep. You can also try out my secret recipe, it may go a long way:)
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You are doing well
That's a good tip about the eggshells, usually it's my grandfather who waters the plants, but I've had them in pots and none of them survived, maybe they lacked that 👀
And the good thing is–eggshells are not so herd to come by. You can always try out this tip:)
Those are good looking potatoes Wongi, and wow look at all the fresh Gingers root!!! 💫🌸.
I saw a post this week on how beauty industry tell models to use ginger shots to get a glowing firm skin. I really want some of that ginger and yours are even organic😍. Nice work Wongi!
I know that ginger and turmeric are really good for the skin. However, I have never tried using ginger shots. I use it mainly as a spice.
But...If you ever try the shots out, I would love to know how it goes:)
And thank you so much Humble dearest😚😊
I have not tried it yet but when I saw the post I got tempted to add it to my "try" list.😊
You're welcome! 🤗