My first garden I remember is when I was little, my mum had a small garden filled with vegetables. From the bush clearing to planting and harvesting was so fun. The garden was not big, so it was not so stressful to make long ridges I was not doing much work though as a child maybe it was so much work for my mum. After school we always check the garden and remove weeds. We could water it and apply manure every three days.
The vegetables (pumpkin, waterleaf, eggplant,okro and bell pepper), we even planted maize. It did so well, the greenish color always makes it beautiful.
The best part of it was the harvest period, we always had veggies as our side dish. I could always hum while eating the maize it was delicious.
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I love the thought of you humming whilst eating - my son did the same thing when he was enjoying his food! You made me imagine your mother and her small children in the field and the lovely vivid colours of the maize and vegetables. A gorgeous story, thanks for sharing! Do you have garden yourself?
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Yes I do, is planting season here. I will be growing cassava, maize (my favorite), okro and pumpkin leaf just the way I learnt from my mum.
Lol. I love maize too. And I liked how it was always in abundance because mum had them planted. It was in those period that she didn't grow corn and we had so little corn during the ripe season, that I understood the importance of growing your corn. π₯Ί
Gardens are so much work, my mom is currently trying to grow cassava and it is so tiring.
Yes,is so much work when the garden is large and done without any help.
The last large garden we are now harvesting cassava from, I didn't do it alone believe me I know how it is.
Doing it alone is more stressful.
Doing alone is way more stressful, I can't even imagine that kind of stress alone.
Hahaha, I know some people that do it alone in a very small garden though.
Has to be small because the digging and pulling isn't easy.
How much joy in this sentence! You make it sound like a game and I love that you grew up in a way that this was not just an obligation!
If this isn't true luxury, then what is luxury?
Lovely story!