I've just pulled up all the corn. Not a very good harvest, I have to say - many of the heads were almost empty, and there weren't many heads to boot. The soil's been conditioned with 1/2 a bucket of coffee husks, 1/3 bucket of steer manure, and a generous pinch of dolomite lime. I'll be leaving the mixture in the soil for at least 2 weeks to let the sun and rain do its work of breaking up the soil clumps before my newly sprouted okra go in.
All of the cucumbers have succumbed to the wilt. I'm generally quite disappointed with the quality of seeds from Malaysian brands.I've removed the trellis I made to let it dry out, since the bottoms had already begun rotting. The soil in that spot has also been turned, but I'll only condition it later this week to prepare for the bitter gourd.
I've also taken up the challenge of making compost. I've been given a small bin to start off with, but I won't complain, seeing how insanely expensive these bins are. Can you imagine? A 30l bin costs over a hundred Ringgit!! The compost has been sitting for at least two weeks now, I think. You don't need to have any skill to compost, so I really do hope it works out. haha. At least I know if it spontaneously bursts in to flames, it wasn't me.
On quite the side note, look what I found in the garden! I never would have thought I'd see a praying mantis in my garden! I do hope it eats up all those annoying aphids and whitefly currently decimating my Clinacanthus nutans crop.
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