HARVESTED FIRST ALMOND FRUIT FROM TREE GROWING IN DRUM

This morning I plucked one of the few almond fruits on the three-year old almond tree in my mini-garden.

I never get tired of telling the story of how this almond plant must have been cultivated for me by a bird three years ago😂. The growth of the tree has been phenomenal  - it has survived odds, even growing  to a sizable tree in same drum with other crops -yam, turmeric, ginger.

The leaves  of the almond  tree have been very useful as wraps for food like moin-moin and as manure for other plants in the garden.  The leaves can be boiled and taken as tea or soft drink with sweetener added. Even the chickens relish eating the leaves for vitamins and minerals.

While the leaves of fruit trees have many uses, we all look forward to the fruits. I learnt that the nut inside the almond fruit is as protein-rich as egg.

According to EatingWell online publication, this nut is a powerhouse, offering a range of nutrients, including fibre  and antioxidants, both of which contribute to good heart health.

Almond nuts can be used in making salads, in baking and in making drinks.

When almond fruit ripen very well before plucking, it is a very delightsome fruit snack to eat.

Uuuummm, many human eyes, if not all, are almond-shaped, I am perceiving that eating almond fruit would be good for eye-health - that's mini-garden researcher thinking deep. . .

Should I be thanking the birds that bring powerful seeds into my mini-garden? Well, I don't think these birds do such service selflessly o- they also compete intensely for the fruits when they mature and ripen.

So the next challenge to tackle would be when the fruits ripen, harvesting them before the birds eat them or pluck and take them away - you know they fly and we humans   don't.

But I am excited because it's obvious now that seeds brought by these birds are so powerful, they grow very vigorously - well let me not be selfish sha- maybe I should let the birds take away some fruits or seeds from the tree to bless others like they brought from elsewhere  to bless me.

Oh, how I wish  the birds would bring me pure seeds of avocado  so I wouldn't have to go through the hassles I have been having  with germinating seeds got through humans.

Gardening can be interesting with all these dynamics

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