More Backyard Strangeness

So we hired a gardner to cut our "grass" (aka weeds and random patches of different grass). One day he scratched up this patch of dirt and planted what I thought was grass seed. The next month he came back and weeded and watered it! I asked my ayi what it was... she said "qingcai (Chinese leafy green vegetables)... eat!" The dude planted a garden in my yard without even asking... what???

These chickens are our neighbors. Thankfully, they aren't that noisy...