Transform your small space into a lush garden with sowing!
Personally I like everything that is organic, I have native seeds and organic fertilizers, I know that science and technology is advanced in agriculture, but I prefer to use natural methods, manures and fertilizers made by ourselves, which have good effects and yields, although I know that industrial fertilizers give better yields than organic ones, but I believe that these can generate some impact on nature.
So I have learnt to make some fertilisers and composts where the main raw material comes from nature itself, which is a saving because so far I have not spent any money on fertilisers or composts.
Most of these plants have soil that has been fertilised with a compost made by adding various fruit and vegetable shells that have decomposed over time, creating a fertilised soil with vitamins and minerals provided by the fruit shells, thus obtaining plants that are rich in nutrients.
In this photo tour you can see the cherries provided by the cherry bush, although we have a problem with this small bush and that is that it has many ants, but it gave very sweet and large cherries.
And let's not forget the lemon tree, which, despite being on a small plot of land, has produced a lot of juicy, good quality lemons. I think the secret is that aloe vera has been planted around the trunk to help retain moisture in the soil.
The oreganito bush is another of the plants that is planted directly from the ground, as you can see in this photo the land is just a corridor of one metre that has been prepared for planting.
Another of the plants being planted in this corridor is the white ocumo plant, the leaves of this ocumo are quite large compared to my small hand, I think there will be a good harvest of ocumo.
The cambur plants are in gestation and developing well.
As for the spices, we can't miss the culantro, which is similar to coriander in flavour, this spice adds a lot of flavour to the food, also in the pots we have the Chinese chives, a plant that looks anything but edible, but yes, it has the flavour of the traditional chives or onion on the branch as some call it, but the Chinese chives are more concentrated and have a very tasty penetrating smell.
Tomatoes are another plant that can be grown in baskets without any problem, although I think it is a plant that requires more care than usual, although tomatoes are delicious I always think a lot about planting tomatoes because they really are a lot of work.
Spinach is indispensable in this garden hehehe, although it is also a bit of work, but it is a great source of vitamins and iron, this food is a bit difficult to get in the supermarkets in my area, so it is better to sow it to have a guarantee of our portion of iron.
Turmeric and ginger are also very adaptable, placing them in pots with a certain depth to obtain these roots, which are highly prized and expensive in the market.
A recent sowing is the auyama, although it is an experiment, I hope to have good results when sowing it in pots if I do not take it to my home where there is ample land for them.
To conclude, I can only encourage you to take up the adventure of sowing, because we have seen that you can sow anywhere, with a little creativity we can obtain small harvests, but the most important thing is the satisfaction that the process of sowing gives, despite the mistakes and the progress. Well, this is the end of the tour and I'll see you in another publication. Thank you for reading.
Translated with the translator Deepl.com
All pictures are my own, taken with a Redmi 10 phone.
I really love the taste of culantro, it is very similar to cilantro.
Yes, coriander and cilantro are family, thank you very much for your visit.
I wanna eat bananas but they are not fully ripen yet
You are right, the only thing you can do when they are green are tostones, which would be very tasty.
Lovely garden, I am jealous of all your tropical plants like banana, turmeric and culantro. May you be blessed with abundant harvests!
Oh, thank you very much, it's exciting to have tropical plants. Thank you for your visit