Year-Round Cultivation Near Houses

Every house has a garden near the house, or backyard (ma edi /ma edi/) garden. Planting by houses is recognized as extremely important as a source of food for when people do not have time to go to the yam garden or for when it is raining (M. Giwo, p.c.). Near houses, families often plant bananas, sweet potatoes, aibika (mompel), and coconuts and, less commonly, may plant corn, yams, beans, taro, sugar cane, cassava, and squash.
 
Many deciduous fruit trees can be found around the village including pawpaw, breadfruit, mango, guava, soursap, starfruit, and a local fruit called gaembi. These trees are propagated by seed (kutt).

Soil profile in Limol village

Westley in the garden next to his house.

Newly planted sweet potato cuttings in a home garden.