I suddenly got the urge to grow my own produce. Yeah I had some seeds in my cooler, so I planted them in pots, because there were some pots with soil left over from the roses. So I started up some tomatoes and cilantro. They sprouted quickly, unused seeds keep quite well in the cooler. The cilantro should do OK, but tomatoes usually get overwhelmed by tiny moths which plague the underside of the leaves. Since tomato leaves are fuzzy, the fuzziness provides insulation from bug spray. Not that I expect to do better this time, but I am prepared to be more militant in fighting off the bugs. InshaAllah. I don't have much fortune when it comes to growing crops. Most of what grows around here, I don't eat. And as you all have observed, my mango farming was plagued with political pests. But I dug up some holes in the yard, and used the soil I used on the mangoes to plant some okra and eggplant. The soil in my yard is rocky, so tomatoes don't fare well but it should be OK for okra and eggplant. I'm growing the seeds directly into the soil this time instead of transferring them from seedlings, then policing them from weeds from the earliest stage. If the seed isn't fertile, then I'll just keep on planting another seed until I come up with a strong seedling. InshaAllah, this will work great.
