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Being self sufficient in various ramifications is one of the best life hack you can adopt/acquire for the betterment of your needs, family sustainable provision and as well save lost of money in the process, I'm happy I was initiated into this niche at an early stage of my life, and now the benefits that comes from being into farming is just mind-blowing.
It's mind-blowing because, aside the initial stress that we past through during the ploughing, cultivating and planting period, we still have a lost of work to do during the germinating a d growing stages of the crops, like weeding, watering, fumigating against pest and many more, but in the end during harvest, all those pain and stress are been over clouded by the joy of getting a result from your tireless efforts.
Well moving away from that, like I stated in the topic of this post, this write-up is aimed at taking your through some of the various crops I've in my farmland and how they're fairing.
Below are some of the list, before I go into details on how they're fairing and the likes;
- Indian spinach
- Tomatoes
- Waterleaf
- jute mallow
- Ceratotheca sesamoides
- Lagos Spinach
- Cassava
- Yam
- Maize
- Starting the with Indian Spinach, these is a vegetable that requires lot of water to survive and as well looks great and health, I actually don't have it seed, neither was I able to purchase it in the market, but fortunately for me I visit a friend and I saw it in his mini garden, he uprooted one steam for me, which I brought home and transplant beside a half dead orange tree, the Indian spinach is a crop that love spreading it braches across different length, so I decided to make the partially dead tree to good use, and as you can see in the images below, after it resurrected, it as gain full force and spread on the tree, although it also took consistent watering for it to good this good.
- In the case of the yam, I could remember I decided to plant at least 10 tubers around my maize some month ago, and I was having the mindset that I'll erect a log around each one, so their leafs can cross on when it start germinating, but I totally forgot about it and by the time I remember and when to check on it, I realize they've already curve on the standing maize steam beside them.
Well I guess I'll leave it like that for now, and when I plant to harvest those Participating maize, then I will transfer it leafs on a log.
- The jute mallow is special kind of vegetables use as soup here, but the fact that it draws make me not to like it, but since my family does, I added it to my collections, and it's also doing pretty well, alongside ones that are my favourite, that's the Lagos Spinach and the Ceratotheca sesamoides which were all planted at the same time.
- Also in my mini Farmland are about 5 tomoato steam, and each one as nothing less than 8 tomoatoes on them, although not is ripe yet, but there are days I harvest those that are big enough to add to my meal or soup.
- These waterleaf usually grow at will during my time in Ogun state, but trying such here in my new location seems fruitless, Because by merely throwing the steam of the ground, it'll germinate there, but here it took over 6 attempt and continuous monitoring and watering before these came to life, I understand that it could be due to the difference soil type and climate of both places.
Well lastly for today, we've my cassavas, these are one the crops I make sure to plant yearly, Because many food can be derived from it, see you can see it goes a long way in serving my family and I and also giving us different varieties of food, even though all will still be carbohydrate, but then the beauty of having different choices and taste makes it stand relevant always.
Those are some of the nomerous list of crops in my farmland, there are still more and I hope to write more about others in one of my subsequent post into the community, I hope you had a great time and learn a thing or two while going through these?
Have a blessed and productive week ahead, keep on being creative and innovative in all you do, thanks.