I have been focusing on Steem and recently Hive too much and have neglected worms and garden this year. The Australian bush fires and then rain storms didn't help either but these are just adding to the excuses 😝
Anyway, my backyard is still growing crops that require little maintenance and Autumn is a great season as a lot of them are producing thanks to the wetter and less hot weather.
Chokos (aka Chayotes)
As my trip to Vietnam during January/February was delayed, my backyard was left unattended for a while during the heat of summer followed by torrential rains. Some plants died, some thrived like the Chokos that spread out in all direction covering other plants. I had to trim back a little bit but with the threats of COVID-19 I didn't trim too much and allowed the vines to crawl a path through the garden and reach under the BBQ roofed area. I moved some vines away so that we can still make some BBQ and use the rocket stove without killing them.
Today, I got my first harvest of delicious chokos and there are still plenty on the vine that I will harvest in the coming days.
At least for today and tomorrow, we have a nice harvest of eight nice fruits. We will eat them boiled and stir-fried as usual.
Tahitian Limes
The dwarf tahitian lime tree is the most robust plant I have in the backyard. It's giving fruits almost all year round. The last batch is now ready for pick up.
Ever-bearing Mulberries
The two potted mulberry trees are giving fruits again. It had fruited only twice this year. Probably lacking of water and nutrient earlier on in the year.
Last batch was used to make jam, this time we will be eating the berries as there are less of them. I will try to add more compost to the pot and also some mulch and horse manure to enrich the potting mix during the winter season.
