The rain has started as I have been expecting to start this year's farming properly. Though, in my previous post, I have shared and discussed some stages about the maize 🌽 I planted after the first week of rain this year. This week, it has rained more than four times and this is a very good start for we that survive mostly I'm farming different crops.
Close to the my maize farm, there is an empty space of land ready to carry any form of crops or plant. As it rained more than four times this week, it was a good 👍 opportunity for me to take my children to the farm to do the needful. In the farm, we planned to clear the weeds, cultivate hills and redges, plant yam and cassava.
How did we clear the weeds before cultivation took place
We went to the farm with a cutlass, a weeding hoe, and a hoe for cultivation.
To start the weeding of the weeds from the farm, I and my children joined hand ✋ to do the clearing. We used the left hand to hold the weeds and then used the right hand to hold the cutlass for easy removal of the weeds.
When we get to where we couldn't use cutlass to weed, we have to use weeding hoe to pull out the grasses from the land. The benefits of using weeding hoe for the removal of weeds is it's cleanness and can remove weeds down to it's roots.
How did we cultivate the farm
We used a hoe meant for cultivation to cultivate. To cultivate, it's important to start tilling the hills from the down to the top and from the top to the down. How we do cultivate hills or redges is to start from the down till we get to the top and then continue from the top to the down. After we finished with the first stage of the cultivation, we used the hoe for cultivation to the park sand that surrounded the ares where the hills was gathered and then use the sand to fill up the tilled hills.
How did we plant yam after cultivation
When I and my children finished the clearing of weeds, cultivation of hills. We then have to first plant yam before any other things. Before you think of planting yam, you have to bring a special yam meant for planting. Special yam means the one healthy and capable of reproducing. Bring one full yam for planting and then use a knife 🗡️ to divide the yam into two parts.
To plant the yam after dividing them into two parts, take the head part or the bottom part of the yam and then open the tilled hill with a cutlass. Then put the yam and face the head up, then cover with sand.
How did we plant cassava
To plant cassava, we bought a cassava stem from the market and brought them to the farm.
We used a cutlass to divide the cassava stem into pieces and then pick them one by one. Open the tilled hills with a cutlass by the side of the hills and then put the cassava stem by facing it up.
