Hello Hiveians, it’s nice to be back to give updates on how things are going on my farm. I have been away for a while and a friend has been managing the farm for me.
Of course, my neighbours have been enjoying some of the produce of my farm like tomatoes, cassava and few corns. I am happy things aren’t bad but they can be better.
The picture above shows the pawpaw I plucked from my farm and trust me they were so sweet. It feels so nice to reap and later eat the fruits of my labour. There is still plenty more from where the two pawpaws came from.
However, I don’t know why the coconut trees as shown below, are not really yielding as much as I expected, only one is giving some fruits while the other is yet to yield any.
Coconut tree with no fruit
Coconut tree with fruits
I am glad that my expectation of eating coconut is not totally cut short but would have loved it if the second tree added to my joy just like it did last year.
At some point, I got frustrated at the treatment of nature because I was expecting things to get better but later, I accepted reality, we win some and we lose some.
Cassava has been harvested before my arrival just as I had given the go ahead. I told them to replant and the pictures below shows the new ridges and budding stems with promising tubers ahead of harvest all still at the mercy of nature.
I am happy at the good job done with the ridges, which are quite bigger and well arranged. Last year, the space wasn’t well managed as lesser cassava stems were planted and of course the harvest was as small.
This year, I believe with the arrangement, there might be room for the planting of more crops on the ridges depending on the weather and how soon rain shows up the coming year.
I tried cross-cropping with tomatoes and maize but it really didn’t end well because the soil didn’t accommodate the crops, the tomatoes however thrived in an environment I least expected, beside thorn plants! I am glad they yielded awesome fruits anyways.
The rodents on the farm have really reduced, I guess it’s because the farm had been cleared and the cassava stems which has numerous leaves are there no more.
I also suspect that the harmattan season is also the reason for the absence of rodents as most of them would be in search of water and therefore migrate to other areas.
I still wish there is something I can do to the coconut tree which has not yielded any fruit, at least having a few fruits on it would validate its existence otherwise I am already considering cutting it.
I’ll probably think through that, whether to plant something else there or just keep the tree yielding fruits while I cut the other.
There are several other crops on my farm but I have only decided to give a review of the few I believe gives me joy at the moment.
ALL IMAGE CREDITS ARE BY MINE