Homesteading is one of the beauties of life and self-employment that helps ease the cost of living, especially when it comes to food items and the repair of tools and items around the house. It reduces the amount we would have spent had we hired a professional or bought foodstuffs outside. Here I'm having a small cassava plantation to do just that for me and my household.
There are many food items that can be derived from cassava, especially when it comes to Nigerian meals. For instance, some of these food items are fufu, Garri, amala, starch, and several others to mention but a few. Although I don't eat most of these, I know once it is fit for harvest I can get some of my favorite food items from it.
The cassava plantation is located just behind my house, and it lies on a plot of land that also houses my maize farm and some vegetables too. On this occasion, I paid a visit to the cassava plantation to see how far it has grown and to check if there isn't an issue with rodents eating up the crop.
One of the dangers cassava faces is that of rodents who want to feast on it and thereby kill or reduce its chances of getting a bountiful harvest. One of the things I put in place to curb this danger is how I set some rodent traps to help me catch some of them. Another Is putting some poison food in strategic locations on the farm to help kill some and chase away others.
It'll take months for the cassava to grow before we can talk about Harvest, but for the main time, I'll keep visiting the farm to check the trap and also clear the surrounding area of the cassava plantation in order to make it neat and free to walk around without being scared of crispy animals.
That's all for my visit to the farm. I hope you had a good read and set of sights. Have a fruitful day.