is this soil good enough to grow veggies?
i don’t know if this is the right subreddit to ask this so please tell me if it isn’t.
my mom and i live in senegal which is a zone 12 from what i’ve looked up. we want to start growing some veggies like carrots, beets, tomatoes, potatoes, etc. we don’t expect self sufficiency, it just feels good to eat something you’ve grown yourself.
we have mint and basil that has taken over the garden, we also have a sad pepper plant. i don’t know if you can tell from the pictures but our soil seems to be sandy and lacking in nutrients. i think the orange streaks are iron? we can’t compost but i’ve seen some videos about burying kitchen scraps so i plan on doing that. my mom won’t buy soil or compost so i just want to know if we should give up on trying to grow veggies. thank you