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Jesusbaby6:
Which one is chia seeds?

You can Google the images of it and its health benefits. I met it at the farm alongside Spring onions, Fennel, Peppermint, Turmeric, Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano, Garlic Chives, Coriander, Parsley, bay leaf, Gooseberry and many others.

So sad.

Finally home, been away on farm tours & couldn't update this thread because my laptop where my pictures are stored stayed behind. Visited organic farms into strawberry, herbs & spices, that is where the money is as a kilo of chia seeds sells for N8,000!

Praying it hits $10!

It really needs to crash to the point that it will no longer make economic sense to drill, only then will the diversification of the economy no longer be a lip service. The cabbage we will be eating in Lagos will come from Ogun State!

''Dododo also said that the committee has also discovered over 200 fake schools which the committee could not see on ground but their staff salaries were included in the government payroll''...........

Creativity.

organicfoods:
The inspiration I got from your threads and blog is really astonishing... I am building a serious revolution around this concept.. .I have started already and it's quite interesting... We have many jobless youths that can leverage on the opportunities this concept offers.

Getting millions of idle youths engaged is no rocket science. I asked some where in one of my posts why Ogun State is not cashing in fortune from Lagosians who spends billions of Naira daily on food despite the fact they are next door neighbours and 5 times the size of Lagos State but just serving as an entry point for trailers of foodstuff from the North?

That is why am so against the purported N5,000 monthly for the unemployed youth as it adds no real value to their lives. Rather than give 1,000 youths N5,000 each which sums up N5m. It should be used to get them resource persons to train them on vertical sack farming, vermiculture, greenhouse construction and post harvest storage where there is no electricity, all these will take only 2 weeks to learn. These idle youths will transform to employers of labour, government will collect taxes from the enterprises they would set up and the ripple effect continues!

Congratulations to him.

organicfoods:
From the results so far... 2 fts apart will just be fine. The specie I planted is growing like a tree... Lol!

Am just loving your progress as such efforts are what contribute to food security. Dots of little, congregates to make a mass. When an urban dweller realizes that he can grow his vegetables within a sack then would he realize the power in his hands. Some Reverend Sisters from Ghana recently came to Kenya to understudy vermiculture and vertical sack farming since they intend going organic where they would be using manure from their earthworms and vermiliquids for liquid fertilizers. They would be setting up their farm within a space of 120ft by 180ft. From the feasibility studies done, they would be smiling to the bank on a monthly basis!

Some when asked after their earthly journey to give account of themselves they would accuse God of 'Witch hunting'.....

“They made attempts on my life, but they did not know I was using a bullet-proof Honda car. As God would have it, ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua died. Ibori escaped to Dubai from where he was taken to the United Kingdom for trial. He is serving a jail term in the UK.”.....Hmm!

comradee1248:
Oga Moderator front page pls, Nigerians need to learn from this extra ordinary gentle man

What is the name of the farm?

I just dey observe and someone wants me to feel less igbo for not identifying with these charlatans!

VANHELLSING:
Do u lack comprehension ability or u are plain mischievous?.


Kalu and his ilk can keep romancing the truth, one thing is definite,when this storm of Biafra struggle is over the breeze of cleansing that will usher in the new nation may not spare him and his gang of cowards.

"In the end we will not remember the words of our enemy but the SILENCE of our friends"

Maybe you should offer to give me FREE tutorial on comprehension skills. Igbo is my identity being Biafran is a choice!

EasternPride:
If you compare the situation Abia state was before he became governor and the situation he was after he left, yes he didn't wow people but he fixed many things, developed many parts of the state to mini towns, created new roads in Aba, gave Umuahia a modern look, plus the fact he used state money to sponspor Enyimba to many international competitions, while he received paltry allocation when he first came in.
O.U.K tried, but he failed in other ways, after his time, it was time for his successor to continue where he left, unfortunately, the rot in Aba made him a failure.

If you want to blame someone, blame T.A, but when you guys say he is over evil, I will ask you, have any of you guys gone to Umuahia? Answer is NO, so I say "Shut da hell up".


Most of you like to stay in ur brown roofs in South West and tend to over look the errors of your own governors, while using Lagos to hoodwink gullible people to think that all ur enclaves in SW is a developed as Lagos state.
You guys are terrible.

Laughing at your close mindedness as anyone who reasons differently from you is automatically a Yoruba, Ochi ato gbuo le m! I have never hailed T.A Orji as even the blind knows he is a first class failure. Take Anyim who is our brother and was the Secretary of the Federation under GEJ, what reason has he given to us for not influencing some of the Federal roads in our region fixed because he wielded so much influence during GEJ's Presidency?

Those exporting goods/services are in a better position.

This is indeed laughable by the way how did Orji Uzor Kalu utilize the hundreds of billions accruing to Abia State during his 8 years as the governor?

This is highly commendable. lf such farm and so many others are being packaged and aired on TV Stations, it will motivate many Nigerians to go into agric business, that is one of the means that got many kenyans into agribusiness!

Fresh curry leaves, cloves, fenugreek, fresh coriander leaves, ginger, black pepper (uziza).

“I dare Sahara to register with corporate Affairs commission. Sowore’s jail term will be longer than that of a monkey in the zoo,”.......An eagle has no fellowship with millipedes. Dino is really a local champion, what do Sahara Reporters tend to gain from registering with corporate Affairs commission?

drss:
oh thanks. i was thinking of food when i was creating this thread.

Na so hungry catch you reach!

And we are already missing PDP's 16 years of paradise!

drss:
where?

Spice or Spies?

sow4me:
Pavore, it sounds like ure into agriculture or thinking of going into it. am i wrong?

Going through my threads and posts in this Agriculture section, will give you the answer you seek.

drss:
If you are wondering how Sahara reporters, media outlet based in newyork USA are getting hiding and classified information of events and activities of govt, individuals and the private sector in nigeria ahead of other media houses then you are not alone. They work for the US government.

Edit the spice in your heading.

sow4me:
I just want to learn more about Agriculture in Nigeria.
Since it has gotten to the xtreme in this country and its so hard getting a job for urslf dz days, im just having a feeling Agriculture would be brought back like it was left in first place.

Could you guys practice it if it wrr to be considered a source of livelihood?

Agriculture is good and big business. We grew up with the mindset that Agriculture is a sad alternative when else has failed. When content providers begin to air agri-business based TV programmes, many Nigerians will be shocked by their ignorance. Agribusiness is a world away from the pictures of elderly folks bending with their hoes and cutlasses rather the more enlightened one is, the higher the chances of striking gold with it!

jasper7:
Exactly! soil testing is very very important. I won't have known untill I fell a victim of negligence. and N4,000 for test? that's very cheap o. Here in Nigeria, the cheapest I've seen is N20,000

N20,000? The N4,000 is even by private soil testing centres while government agencies are even cheaper.

Faculties of Agriculture in various Nigerian Universities need to set up commercial soil testing centres and sensitize local farmers on the need to have their soil tested. They should train field agents stationed in different areas on how to take soil samples. They collect the samples from farms and forward them to the soil testing centres then after 7-10 days they get the result and given fertilizer recommendation.

Soil testing is as low N4,000 here in Kenya.

EternalYouth:
Thank you Mr Pavore for the valuable information. Do you know where we can get the growing bag fabric in Kenya Or ready made growing bag? And how much it cost?

Send a PM.

For a sack the size l have in my previous post. 5 wheel barrows of soil and 5 wheel barrows of manure is required. One can use manure from poultry, cow dung but from practical experience manure from goats seem to be the best so far because using goat manure in the mix, a sack can continue to grow crops for up to one year before loosening up the sack for a new mix. Manure from poultry and cow dung seems to have a shorter span of effectivity as fertilizer for the crops which means sacks which they are used on will not go up to a year before a new mix.

Note that the livestock waste must be left for 3 months to decompost before it can be used as manure for the sack. Since not everyone has access to livestock waste the easier method is vermiculture where one generates vermicompost from raising earthworms within his/her compound.I will shed more light on this in my next post as l have a farm visit to conduct.

kutalian:
sir
Thanks for this post
but what are the things I can plants in this sack farm?

Like in one of my earlier posts l did mention a mix of local curry, coriander, green, spinach, lettuce, spring onions though not limited to these.

[quote author=EternalYouth post=40683574][/quote]Since vertical sack farming is something new in Nigeria, the sacks are not locally sold. It is brought in from Kenya.