Rwandan garden by john

When we arrived we discovered a large, empty space which could not be described as a garden. There was a kind of rockery with a few wilting lilies in front of the porch and the rest was a moonscape. On the second day we realised that there was also a back garden with banana plants and dahlias etc but somebody was busy digging it all over and destroying the flowers. However I managed to salvage some tubers and planted them at the side of the house and already they are flowering.( SEE pictures). We experimented with various seeds but it was difficult. Some seeds do not germinate because of soil conditions but others thrive. We have radishes the size of golf balls, bok choi grows well and lots of flowers are starting to grow from seeds we have collected locally and planted.We now have the following in the garden at different stages of development: dahlias, aster, sunflowers, lettuce, bok choi, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, beans,sweet peas, black eyed suzie, and other things we cannot name, not to mention the beautiful avocado tree which at the moment has mature fruit, new fruit and blossom all at the same time, never ending.
The back garden has now been planted with potatoes and we will soon be self sufficient as far as roast spuds are concerned, just right to roast on our lately acquired charcoal stove.
Gardening is a real challenge but once you get things established they really take off.