Diary,
Did you remember the beans I got from Kaduna for sample?

I was told it yields twice in a year and surprisingly it's doing amazingly well.

Good night Diary,
Kêju

19-5-2023
Dear Diary,
My groundnut farm of two weeks is doing pretty good.

Don't ask why I haven't check my corn on the farm to check how it's doing? There's a particular 'Red Sea' orchestrated by the Mining activities we have to cross before accessing the farm if it rains too much your's sincerely can't jump this sea because it can drawn even a Giant by a hairsbreadth

Alas, I'm going there on Saturday because we're amassing more land this Year.

My motivation "hubby" finally yielded to my plea to resign his private job and focus on Agriculture and I'm so elated plus the recent salary adjustment affected his Ministry He will be writing his promotional exam next week.He saw every reason to resign because we can never go hungry as long as we breath surely,

Need to say,We still have enough food from the previous season we can't finish before this year harvest not that we didn't do Sadaka"Give to the poor" we did at harvest as a way of appreciating the Earth that favor our harvest.

Without much Ado,I need to get to the kitchen asap.Life of a Nigerian Mother Farmer Cum Agropreneur.

Good bye diary,
Blessed Morning I besech thee.
Kêju

Maryam1234:
19-5-2023
Dear Diary,
My groundnut farm of two weeks is doing pretty good.

Don't ask why I haven't check my corn on the farm to check how it's doing? There's a particular 'Red Sea' orchestrated by the Mining activities we have to cross before accessing the farm if it rains too much your's sincerely can't jump this sea because it can drawn even a Giant by a hairsbreadth

Alas, I'm going there on Saturday because we're amassing more land this Year.

My motivation "hubby" finally yielded to my plea to resign his private job and focus on Agriculture and I'm so elated plus the recent salary adjustment affected his Ministry He will be writing his promotional exam next week.He saw every reason to resign because we can never go hungry as long as we breath surely,

Need to say,We still have enough food from the previous season we can't finish before this year harvest not that we didn't do Sadaka"Give to the poor" we did at harvest as a way of appreciating the Earth that favor our harvest.

Without much Ado,I need to get to the kitchen asap.Life of a Nigerian Mother Farmer Cum Agropreneur.

Good bye diary,
Blessed Morning I besech thee.
Kêju

Picture of your groundnut ma. With your insecticide and fertilizer details. I want to plant groundnut too, though I stay in South west so I need guidance. Thanks.

Johnboom:
Picture of your groundnut ma. With your insecticide and fertilizer details. I want to plant groundnut too, though I stay in South west so I need guidance. Thanks.

Groundnut doesn't require any insecticide nor fertilizer sir.Just cultivate and weed intermittently kowai

Maryam1234:

Groundnut doesn't require any insecticide nor fertilizer sir.Just cultivate and weed intermittently kowai

Good morning
What varieties did you plant abi na local?or you plant from the previous one you harvested.
Moreover, what can be used to control large weed in groundnut farming

Motherlove:


Good morning
What varieties did you plant abi na local?or you plant from the previous one you harvested.
Moreover, what can be used to control large weed in groundnut farming

Good evening,
I plant from my previous harvest
Weed is normal when it sprouts you either weed off manually or use selective herbicide.Controlling them from sprouting is not possible.
My perspective though,

Maryam1234:

Good evening,
I plant from my previous harvest
Weed is normal when it sprouts you either weed off manually or use selective herbicide.Controlling them from sprouting is not possible.
My perspective though,

Thanks.
I asked the question cos the selective herbicide I bought is too dare. How often do you apply herbicides on beans farming?pls explain in details.
I want to plant beans after harvestn the groundnuts

Motherlove:


Thanks.
I asked the question cos the selective herbicide I bought is too dare. How often do you apply herbicides on beans farming?pls explain in details.
I want to plant beans after harvestn the groundnuts

Maryam1234

Hello madam Maryam, how do I know the groundnut is mature for harvesting ? Thanks.

Motherlove:


Thanks.
I asked the question cos the selective herbicide I bought is too dare. How often do you apply herbicides on beans farming?pls explain in details.
I want to plant beans after harvestn the groundnuts

You apply herbicide a day after cultivation.
For pesticides you apply 3 times;interval of 4 days.
Note:You should only spray pesticides when the crop started producing flowers 'very imperative '

Johnboom:
Hello madam Maryam, how do I know the groundnut is mature for harvesting ? Thanks.

The whole leaves begins to wither away and turn pale yellow.It begins to fall down even without touching it;your groundnut is now matured for harvest at this stage

Maryam1234:

The whole leaves begins to wither away and turn pale yellow.It begins to fall down even without touching it;your groundnut is now matured for harvest at this stage

Thanks ma.

15-6-2023

Dear Diary,
It's been an exhaustive business year for me.
The first time I'm contracting all weeding jobs since I venture into farming.

Our six weeks old corn is doing perfectly well and they're scattered across various locations

The groundnut on the other hand is barely 5 weeks old and it's flowering already.

Bounty harvest speculated already
My plan this year is to sell off immediately after harvest because eating most of this storage foods can be cumbersome.I can't imagine the stress of roasting groundnut before eating when I can easily get already roasted one from the market with just a penny.

Diary,you will say why not give it to neighbor to help you peel and roast as usual nay! I aren't gonna stress no one this year mehn

Groundnut is the only thing I'm not going to store this year and no regrets but, I will definitely reserve little for next year cultivation as usual,
InshaAllah.

My Groundnut

Corn with a Tarcel
Some with cobs

Diary,
Hope you still remember my pretty little garden,the sample beans is blossoming
I have start clearing off some Curry leave because they're preventing photosynthesis and I don't need them except of course for my regular giveaways on my market platform.

18-6-2023
Dear Diary,

I observe one stand in my corn has a cob,the said stand is a dwarf
I began to wonder how dwarfism enters crop production??

We acquired MORE Land, hubby finally quit Private Job for Agriculture

The Future for our Farm is GREEN

Unlike before,the plan for this year is commercial farming.

Maryam1234:
Corn with a Tarcel
Some with cobs

www.nairaland.com/attachments/17347110_img20230610071849_jpeg27cad8a933359fc90d38b28229bdf635

Well done ma.

Is that a hill in the background?

ferhyntorlah:


www.nairaland.com/attachments/17347110_img20230610071849_jpeg27cad8a933359fc90d38b28229bdf635

Well done ma.

Is that a hill in the background?

It's The Popular Zuma Rock at the back of 100 naira note ma'am.
You're viewing the backside of Zuma Rock.
Check the frontal view below
It's cloudy though


The Centenary Zuma Rock
My source of inspiration Morning, Afternoon and Night!!!!!

Maryam1234:

It's The Popular Zuma Rock at the back of 100 naira note ma'am.
You're viewing the backside of Zuma Rock.
Check the frontal view below
It's cloudy though


The Centenary Zuma Rock
My source of inspiration Morning, Afternoon and Night!!!!!

Wow wow wow!

So huge.

Thanks for your reply ma'am.

Happy farming and gigantic harvest season in advance ma'am.

ferhyntorlah:


Wow wow wow!

So huge.

Thanks for your reply ma'am.

Happy farming and gigantic harvest season in advance ma'am.

Amin Iya

Maryam1234:
Diary,
Did you remember the beans I got from Kaduna for sample?

I was told it yields twice in a year and surprisingly it's doing amazingly well.

Good night Diary,
Kêju

Wehdone ma'am.

Please if I wanted to get the type is 7t available

Hadsty23:


Wehdone ma'am.

Please if I wanted to get the type is 7t available

Thanks so much Sir,
I doubt if you can get that huge quantity honestly but you can give it a try though,who knows you may be lucky

23-6-2023

Dear Diary,
We acquired more farm Land
Cultivation will be done this weekend
Land preparation has been contracted.

The aim is to cultivate beans alongside by September because the corn that will be cultivated here will be harvested late.

26-6-2023

Cultivation Of corn was carried out today.
It's going to be a late harvest though,
May God protect the would be corn from pest in human form.

As it's going to be late harvest, human scavengers' are unavoidable

Good night diary,
Much love from me to you

Maryam1234:
23-6-2023

Dear Diary,
We acquired more farm Land
Cultivation will be done this weekend
Land preparation has been contracted.

The aim is to cultivate beans alongside by September because the corn that will be cultivated here will be harvested late.

26-6-2023

Cultivation Of corn was carried out today.
It's going to be a late harvest though,
May God protect the would be corn from pest in human form.

As it's going to be late harvest, human scavengers' are unavoidable

Good night diary,
Much love from me to you

You really mean business. There's nothing I love like plant agriculture, but getting a farmland has been a challenge.

RavagedHeart:


You really mean business. There's nothing I love like plant agriculture, but getting a farmland has been a challenge.

Farming is real business so long as we still have Life.
"The whole essence of existence lies in the stomach"

If not for distance barrier, there's land surplus over here

Maryam1234:


Farming is real business so long as we still have Life.
"The whole essence of existence lies in the stomach"

If not for distance barrier, there's land surplus over here

Really? How surplus? Maybe I'd tempted to migrate

RavagedHeart:


Really? How surplus? Maybe I'd tempted to migrate

Don't leave your means of livelihood because of farm land Biko

Some of us are doing this thing for the fun of it and nothing more.

Imagine not buying some basic food items like Maize and Beans for a whole year Because you're eating from your own personal harvest, that's just the fun of farming nothing more please don't leave your Job,we famers are still working and hustling

Maryam1234:


Don't leave your means of livelihood because of farm land Biko

Some of us are doing this thing for the fun of it and nothing more.

Imagine not buying some basic food items like Maize and Beans for a whole year Because you're eating from your own personal harvest, that's just the fun of farming nothing more please don't leave your Job,we famers are still working and hustling

Haha
Are you saying one can't make a good living in that area by farming alone? Is the farming not that lucrative or the cost of living is just so high that makes the stress not wort it
I no dey understand again. Abeg make me understand because I'm already packing my bags

01-7-23

Dear Diary,
Birds are disturbing and forcefully harvesting my seeds (Corn)

Reason is; because it's late farming, other corn within the premises have grown and I just recently acquired the plot.Its not a challenge as I have replanted some uprooted seeds today.

Diary,

Our farm is doing well.I was advised to cultivate hybrid variety sorghum that grows to maturity within 90-100 days by a Nairalander turned friend I'm going to give it enough spacing inorder for the would be beans not to be distorted.

Some piece of advice:

Below is the effect of not giving enough spacing to your crop.

They're going to compete for food which in the long run affect their yields.

The seeds that are going to yield from this corn are no doubt going to be very tiny

Imagine the porous spacing

RavagedHeart:


Haha
Are you saying one can't make a good living in that area by farming alone? Is the farming not that lucrative or the cost of living is just so high that makes the stress not wort it
I no dey understand again. Abeg make me understand because I'm already packing my bags

You can make a good living if you will go into large scale commercial farming.

You're packing your bags nibo
No make me laugh piss for body

Honestly living in this my Hamlet is economical no worries at all but relying solely on manual farming is not advisable.

If you're going into mechanize farming you're welcome 🤗 after the season you can switch to Irrigation like it's common in Zamfara and Up North before you know it you go dey invite Dangote To Dinner