CHILLI PEPPERS HARVEST BEGINS IN MINI-GARDEN

Though not much but it's  something worth  mentioning.  I have started harvesting the chilli peppers in one of the sacks.

Imagine if there's bigger space, how much more can be realised . But never despise the small harvest from your little garden  - the little harvests from a small garden of 1/20th of a plot should be at least up to  monthly N8,000.😁

Not particularly in support of this FG policy of giving N8,000 monthly to some households. But to those that want  the amount increased, surely the recipients can do other things rather than fully depend on that meagre amount for survival?

Anyway back to garden matters, never despise the little  output you get- nothing is insignificant. This chilli peppers can go with  waterleaf combined with  bitterleaf - they are all 'growable' in a garden.

No matter how much money you get through other means, these period,  your purchasing power for even basic necessities  will still be going down because of inflation  and skyrocketing prices of some necessities.

So if you  are able to do certain things by yourself (not compulsorily food production but other useful things) to decrease the pressures on money being spent on necessities, very good - better is a little with peace of mind.

Another very vital thing is the health benefit of gardening or farming or some other useful activities necessary for human survival. .

The knowledge one gathers from the experience of doing certain things by oneself will not only reduce costs but will help a whole lot in developing skills that can later be commercialised.

.So, take gardening for example  as a school of practical farming or food production  or mini-school of research.

So, wearing  my Mini-Garden Researcher cap - to make chilli peppers very, spicy, I've started adding the dried peels of ginger as manure to the soil - please note - dried and not fresh. So after peeling ginger, dry the peels first before applying as manure. Applying  the fresh ginger peels may stump the growth

Gardening or farming activities can sometimes be very tasking - if engaged in It, let's learn to rest well afterwards.

Last week, I was engrossed  doing  gardening activities involving use of shovel and cutlass. By weekend, my body was aching so very badly. I couldn't tell anyone because who send me?😂 Dem no send me o! 

Fortunately by taking garden herbs my body didn't cave in to illness but still felt very sore.

I was still able to do most other activities I needed to do but took things easy and rested well. By this morning I am bustling again with renewed energy. 

But of course I am taking things a bit easy - did some lighter gardening activities - even more fortunately, the rain that fell early hours of this morning has watered  the plants.

So there are ways to achieve results and still preserve your energy. 

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HARVESTED PINEAPPLE, PLANTED ANOTHER

I have harvested the only pineapple in my garden and used its crown to plant new one in another bag.

The pineapple was so very juicy and tasted quite nice. I think it's possible another one may even shoot out from where I plucked the one harvested.

OTHER GIST
Why still wondering what to do with the torn sack that the mango tree is growing, I saw that the sack I planted Aloe Vera had also torn.

So this morning I got  the shovel again and transplanted into another sack by transferring soil in the torn sack to new sack - see pictures.

ANOTHER GIST
Do you know if you  want to get plenty of fruits from a plant, when the plant starts flowering, you should cut the flowers?. I saw that on a video on Social Media.

Since I want more chilli peppers,  I started cutting off the flowers -Gbam! The pepper plant is producing more fruits than what I usually get in one sack in the garden  - see ata rodo- chilli pepper from a small sack o!

I think cutting off flowers to get more fruits applies to most, if not all fruit bearing plants that flower - I am  going to test as many fruiting plants as possible.

Before I got to know this, there's an Okro plant also planted in sack in my little garden that was producing flowers - very lovely flowers- I will try post the picture if I can still find it.
I had never seen Okro plants produce such nice flowers. Around that period, I would admire the flowers when I sight them, allowing them to grow relatively big until they mature and withered.

To my surprise, the okro plant  produced just few fruits. I did not know then that the flowers I was admiring were taking the nutrients so not enough left for the plant to fruit bountifully.

So you choose o - when you plant crops, whether it is the beautiful flowers you want to be admiring or if it the fruits you want to chop😂.

I need to find out though if those lovely flowers on Okro plant have any beneficial uses - the more researches, the more knowledge in future farming endeavours for greater results/impact.

#Aloevera

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