If you follow me, there is a chance you know of a family piece of land that I was trying to cultivate for a profit before and after my old man passed on, it didn't go well. I brushed the entire saga under a carpet as I continued my search for farming land now to lease.
The universe quickly answered my disgruntled plea and as Hive soared on the market, an acre of land was at my disposal for a whole year at a fee of 200 dollars. I then powered down a bit of hive to pay the initial 100 dollars so that we (I have to tap extra hands) can be allowed to start clearing.
Starting with the easiest to clear patches, the work began weeks ago. These were the ones the last farmer was attempting to take care of. The rest was covered with thickets of wild vegetation and reeds at this point.
See what I mean? The space has been 'neglected' for a year and lucky us. The place is fertile and won't require a lot of fertilizers but I will need a load of manure and the debris above can help in mulching once it shrinks.
I am so lucky to have flowing water in seasonal streams in between the naturally sectioned patches. I will be reshaping a few of them but it's to allow water to flow in out for use but avoid flooding when it rains.
Most growing plants don't do well in swimming.
Though it seemed like we were doing nothing the first few days up to two weeks...
Reducing this natively Australian river bulrush bush (above) and tackling this localised version of the American rough cocklebur (below)...
...left the place freer like:
This took two weeks of hard work and I loved these results. Since then so much has happened and I will gladly post the journey as we but I am now trying to figure out what I will plant on my herbs patch.
The journey up to this point has taken enough hundreds of dollars with it but the idea of comfortably having fresh food aomewhere -for an entire year- while holding the profit of whatever we manage to sell sounds great for me.
See you in next shamba visit... 🌻
wambuku w.<>