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The Quiet Beginning: How Cassava Establishes Itself in the First Weeks After Planting

> “Every big harvest starts like this small, fragile, and easy to overlook." The soil and weather conditions don't look like the best for planting anything righ...

How We Are Still Growing sweet Potatoes Despite the Dry Season🍠🥔🥔

Have you ever wondered how potatoes still manage to look fresh during the dry season, even when many plants have withered already due to excruciating weather co...

Cassava Farming: An Easy-to-Cultivate Crop with Strong Health and Financial Benefits 🌱💰🍽️

If there is one crop that I have observed to be less stressful to cultivate compared to the different crops that I have cultivated that crop would be none other...

🌱 How Garden Egg Is Grown on the Farm

It actually makes a lot of sense to have at least a little idea about how the crops we feed on are grown especially in a world where chemicals have gradually ta...

Low Income Rates and the Staggering Cost of Living 🏦💵

Most times I wonder just where the balance can be when you make only a few thousand naira a month equivalent to a few dollars and life's expecting you to cover ...

When Feed Isn’t Enough: Using Supplement Injections to Support Livestock Health 💉🐐

I know most homesteaders love to keep animals for one reason or the other and most times we have their feed to contend with as an obstruction to achieving that ...

🧠 Hard Work Matters, But Smart Decisions Decide the Outcome 📈

The impact of hard work has really been a topic that has generated so much attention in the past and even now, when technology has taken over so many aspects of...

Livestock farming 🐐🐔: one very profitable homestead activity to engage in

Livestock is one of the most reliable ways to turn your small homestead into an income-generating source 🐔. You don't need much space to get started, nor do yo...

Why Is My Fluted Pumpkin Turning Yellow and Spotted? Common Leaf ☘️☘️Diseases Farmers Ignore

Most times, we farmers believe that every yellow spot on our vegetable plants in the garden is a result of drought, but the truth is that drought only plays a m...

Why Every Homestead Should Grow 🌿🌿Moringa: From Growth to Sustainability.

> Moringa is known for its strong medicinal benefits, earning this plant the special name "Miracle Tree." Widely grown all over the world, places in West Africa...

🍅 Growing Tomatoes in Nylon Bags: A Smart Solution for Small Home Gardens

Growing a fruit that has been widely studied for its potential role in preventing certain types of cancer is one of the most rewarding aspects of home gardening...

🌱 Growing African Spinach in Bags at Home 🏡

You might have heard people using this phrase 🤔 > "When the desirable is not available the available becomes the desirable" Well, that's the idea when you deci...

Vitamin D ☀️, Calcium 🦴, or Phosphorus ⚛️ Deficiency in Goat Feed 🐐 Caused Skeletal Deformities 🦵 in Newborn Kids 👶🐐

🐐 Feeding My Goats: A Real Challenge Feeding my goats has been the most challenging aspect of raising them 😔, and it has made me consider stopping because of ...

How to Know When Your Sorghum Is Ready for Harvest 🌾: A Guide for First-Time Farmers 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

Exciting times for me as a farmer 🌾, while one crop, my rice, is giving me heartbreak 💔, on one of my farms, my sorghum farm is mending my heart with so much ...

Challenges I have faced during my rice harvest: dryness ☀️ and grain loss 🌾.

Rice is one of the most delicious meals you can imagine, but farming it yourself can present numerous challenges that might make you want to give up. --- As oth...

My Beans Are Almost Ready: A Look at the Final Stages of Bean Maturity on the Farm 🌱

In farming, taking that first step is essential; without it, you won't reach the harvest. 🌱 The entire process involves a series of events that must be followe...

How Prepared Are You for Christmas? My Turkeys Are All Grown and Ready 🦃✨

What better way to celebrate Christmas 🌲 than when you have one of the most delicious and nutritious birds 🦃 in the world hanging around your waiting to be sl...

Cabbage 🥬 vs. Lettuce 🥗: How I Grow Both Successfully in Small Bags 🪴

You will never know just how distinct plants can be until you plant them yourself and see how things unfold per crop. Eating vegetables is delicious, but growin...

🌱 A Day Inside a Plant Nursery: Watching Young Plants Begin Their Journey

For those who love plants, the sight of young seedlings sprouting in neat rows is beautiful and truly unmatched. 🌱✨ Every beautiful plant we admire starts from...

Rice Heading Season 🌾: Why This Year’s Harvest Looks Promising 🌟

Have you ever considered the effort we put in each day to achieve the best possible yield? 🌱 Farming is a unique profession essential for feeding people. Every...