garden!

My garden! Look at these fabulous baby tomatoes. I'm desperately hoping that they make it.
Liz, the volunteer before me, planted this garden at the beginning of the rainy season- June maybe? And now I have boatloads of cucumbers. There were some less successful crops- the corn was very sad, the peanuts aren't looking so hot, and the watermelons were a bust. But there are about a dozen promising tomato plants, I already harvested the beans that were growing, and I just discovered mint in a corner of my courtyard! And of course, the bissap takeover. There are some trees, too- a couple of good little mango trees, that may be producing by the time I leave, and two moringa trees which are huge already. Moringa is like this magical tree that lots of NGOs and agricultural and health projects promote. It grows incredibly fast, in difficult conditions, and the leaves are incredibly nutritious. I'll get you the pamphlet. But it's nice to have some big trees around my courtyard- it makes it feel more homey.