BENEFITS OF USING RABBIT URINE AND FAECES IN VEGETABLE FARMING Rabbit farming seems to be gaining popularity among farmers nowadays because of the awareness of the advantages embedded in using the urine and faeces as organic pesticides and fertilizer respectively.…
BENEFITS OF GOOD SPACING IN VEGETABLE FARMING Vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, and so on grow in different ways. Because of their structure, it’s important to know how well to space them to get the most out of them.…
EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MANAGING WEEDS IN YOUR FARM Picture this – Imagine a vibrant and flourishing vegetable farm, with rows of healthy cropsswaying gently in the breeze under the golden sun. However, amidst this beautiful scene,several unwelcome visitors make their…
What is Azolla? and what could be it’s relevance in farming? Azolla is an aquatic plant in the same family as fern, duckweed, moss, etc. It is characterized by its small branches, floating stems, and roots, which hang down into…
INDIGENOUS MICROORGANISMS (IMO) AND THEIR BENEFITS IN FARMING Indigenous microorganisms, popularly known as “IMO”, are the microorganisms that have been adapting and surviving within the native soil environments throughout the years. The organisms that primarily make up IMO are beneficial…
One of the common excesses encountered in the farm on daily basis are items considered as waste materials. These waste materials cut across many aspects of the farm, and could be of different categories such as biodegradable wastes and non-biodegradable…
EARTHWORMS IN THE SOIL: A BLESSING OR A THREAT? Earthworms according to Wikipedia, are terrestrial invertebrates that belongs to the phylum Annelida. They exhibit a tube-within-a-tube body plan; they are externally segmented with corresponding internal segmentation; and they usually have…
Record Keeping: 8 Types of Records You Should Keep as a Vegetable Farmer Different farmers have different ways of keeping records. Some claim they have good brains, others tell their wives, children or workers as a way for saving the…
