Seun:

Thanks for your updates, bro. For those of us who can't seem to find any agricultural outlets anywhere, can you list those 7, please?

I recently found BT after years of searching but in Abuja

Kehfie:

I recently found BT after years of searching but in Abuja

So pleased to hear that.

2021 Gardening Begins

It's been a while I took a break to visit where it all started from. Good to be back home on vacation and it's a good opportunity to utilize this break to do some quick vegetable farming. I'm almost tempted to nurse some tomato seeds after finding some in my seed box . But, I'll stick to greens only (I've got just a month plus vac)

June, a blessed month

It's been God's grace all the way and I would like to wish my family and myself a blessed month ahead (I need am plenty plenty for the next phase ahead ). Likewise, I would like to express my gratitude to all who have in one way contributed to the success of this journey of mine from its grassroot to owning and managing acres of farmlands. God bless you all.
Happy Month.

Forget not where it started

Hmmm... Na so he dey take happen o! Once you get a new phone na so the old one go just become unappealing to you ooo! I recently decided to take a short break away from all the farm hustles in the bushes, go to a quite place and rest my head a little for the next big leap. Well, where else could that be if not the house I can practice a little gardening when bored, eat fresh vegetables and play with my cats . Absolutely Yes! Where it all started. My house with the garden

Yeeeeeeparipa!!! Honestly, its been a while I visited and what I saw stunned me . My old garden had turned mini-Sambisa forest. I could swear tigers, lions, and lala's pets are full-time residents of the garden. Moreover, you all needed to see how green and well flourished the shrubs and grasses were.

Not on my watch!!! Vacation just got cancelled. Wetin be this
Let's see what we can achieve on this garden in the next one month while I take time out from the farm.
Common Jidestroud!!! Even green vegetable don tall pass you turn tree

First things first, get my compost manure in bags and let the clearing begin (thank God this potbelly of mine go suffer am)

Now the question is, "What do I grow in one month?"

Following

Great thread
Going through it from the very beginning

jidestroud:


Finally, exactly 11days after, desired rooting system have been gotten. Patience pays after all, it's time to transplant my basil into proper nursing pots (bags).

Please can I try this method for curry leaf?

Jide I hope all is well, I haven't seen a recent post on your mini garden.

Anyway take good care.

BlissGod:
Jide I hope all is well, I haven't seen a recent post on your mini garden.

Anyway take good care.

Yes boss. All's well and good with me. Fortunately, or may I say unfortunately, after I cleared the garden, I experienced a passion displacement . I don't know how it happened oooo, I just stumbled upon king of bitters and that's how I started growing it. .
At the moment, it's just that for crop. Every other resource is channeled into my birds.

jidestroud:


Yes boss. All's well and good with me. Fortunately, or may I say unfortunately, after I cleared the garden, I experienced a passion displacement . I don't know how it happened oooo, I just stumbled upon king of bitters and that's how I started growing it. .
At the moment, it's just that for crop. Every other resource is channeled into my birds.

Goodluck to you.

Read this thread from the top. And i am happy i did. Tried planting some Chili Peppers and i noticed that my pepper are falling off once they start ripening
Thanks a lot for this tread.

please how many months can scent leaf (Basil) be planted from seeds to harvest?
or does it just takes 2 or 3 weeks.......
just asking for a friend
cheers......

please how profitable Basil/scent leaf (Efirin) farming is in Nigeria?

can someone really make money farming Basil/scent leaf especially here in Lagos?

i urgently need advice........

Kingtomato641:
please how many months can scent leaf (Basil) be planted from seeds to harvest?

or does it just takes 2 or 3 weeks.......

just asking for a friend

cheers......

The one in my garden took 2 weeks to germinate. Your best bet is to plant with the stems

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@Jidestroud I first saw your goat thread in 2020. Great work boss. Thanks for all you've done.

It took me two days to read all your agriculture-related threads on Nairaland.
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Hello Sir, good day. Welldone for your threads on Nairaland Sir. I'm looking to interview some farmers for a Pest and Disease management app I'm working on. This will take just 15-20 mins of your time on WhatsApp chat. Can I send a pm sir?

excelsiorfarm:
Do you know that you could start a vegetable farm and start selling or feeding on it from 3-4 weeks. My name is excelsiorfarm and i would want to assist by showing you a practical video on how to start to grow vegetables with less than N4000 from home and feed on it for at least a year. All you need to start to plant, how you could plant and treat your seeds is shown in the video. It is totally comprehensive from part 1-7 (less than 35 minutes). Also like, share and subscribe to empower you will diverse skill set
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Emeraldfynest:
Hello Sir, good day. Welldone for your threads on Nairaland Sir. I'm looking to interview some farmers for a Pest and Disease management app I'm working on. This will take just 15-20 mins of your time on WhatsApp chat. Can I send a pm sir?

Good day, i am into academic writing also and i have a deadline for submission, the best i can do for you is to request you send your questions to my whatsapp number 08035335647, i will answer your questions later. However make it straight to the point and concise.

Thank you sir, no problem.

excelsiorfarm:
Good day, i am into academic writing also and i have a deadline for submission, the best i can do for you is to request you send your questions to my whatsapp number 08035335647, i will answer your questions later. However make it straight to the point and concise.

Good to be back.

May Nigeria not happen to us all in Jesus Name.

jidestroud:
Good to be back.

May Nigeria not happen to us all in Jesus Name.

Amen

Hope all is well this statement is deep

jidestroud:
Good to be back.

May Nigeria not happen to us all in Jesus Name.

Ha! We have really missed you. You may not know to what extent but it is true. Welcome back sir.

I do appreciate all who reached out in one way or the other. I felt loved despite all chips down.



Let me share my experience!!!

My Story

Okay, hmmm... where I wan start sef? Let me start by quoting a saying of my loving mother (God bless her mightily for us her children) which goes thus; "farmers needs to be prayerful oooo omo mi (omo mi - My child in yoruba). O ni la ti kun fun adura (you need to pray fervently) because everything & all things can go south at any time in a sec". Those were are words anytime she enquired about how my business was going with regards to agriculture. Believe me now my people, farming is highly spiritual and you certainly must believe in God or whatever works for you to tackle the spiritual aspect of it.

Sometimes in second quarter of last year I engaged in a massive project which involved me soliciting for funds & even went as far as getting loans to carry the successful running of the project. It was a contract I secured to raise a large quantity of birds for just 3-4weeks max of age before offloading to the buyers. Everything was set and the project commenced successfully. It was so successful that in a batch of a thousand broilers, we recorded just 12 mortality at the 3 weeks of raising them. I was so satisfied that I boasted like the one who built the titanic that nothing could sink this ship.

Then Nigeria happened

In the 3rd week of raising the birds, the buyers suddenly compromised on our deal and told me they had to slash on the agreed price. I was furious and refused to renegotiate with them. C'mon this was concluded deal I fumed at them. For the first time in my life, I regretted not putting legal structure in place. The negotiations went on and on and before I knew it, the birds were in their 5th week. At this point in time, I was expending unbudgeted funds on the project running into thousands. I already made up my mind to hell with them, I had to the means to turn the whole disadvantage to my success.

the devil came
After much persuasion and urging me to sell at a ridiculous price to them, they came visiting this final day saying that they knew the funds to raise such number of birds was above me (Thanks to family ooo), and I should stop being stubborn and just part with at least some; then one of them just said; Mr. Jide, if you don't sell to us all your birds go die oooo. Immediately, I and my partner on ground rebuked him and that was it.

Lo and behold, in less than 2 days birds wey die ehn!!!! I repeat, birds wey die ehn... I was afraid. Everything proved abortive. Nothing worked. (My people, I visit vet I taya. Test upon test no worked). ALL was lost. It was a disaster. At this point, I had spent millions & I was using my hand to bury my millions.

Series of events followed. The worker on my farm taking care of my goats & pigs resigned without my knowledge. He simply wrote a note on a piece of paper and put it at the entrance of my gate. Unfortunately, I didn't go to the farm for 3 weeks (I was trying to salvage the situation of the other project). I only did realise something was wrong when I got a call from the supplier of spent grains that I haven't been coming patronize her again, saying I have gotten another customer abi? I was stunned. Another customer bawo? I called my worker, he wasn't answering....to cut long story short. I got to the farm and tears started rolling down my cheeks when I saw what was left. At a point, I was asking myself, so na only 1% of Job's ordeal be this ooo!!! How e take endure?

To tell the truth, I lost everything... (God bless my friends I swear). Iyawo was a pillar in it all. She just kept praying and thanking God while I was angry at Him.

I put up so many things for sale (God no go allow us dey sell our property because of trouble ooo), at least, I go sha pay people back their money and pay off my loan debt.

Moreover, I had to stay away from a lot of things including social media and the likes. Debts come full ground yakata . I had to channel my chi into staying alive and staying healthy, na who dey alive dey get hope ooo. Once again, God bless my family (I tried putting up an all is well face, realising it was never a crime to ask for help) who intervened in their own little ways.

So far
Well, so far so good, i haven't ventured into anything farming this year. I recently visited my farmland last week since last year and I literally had a good laugh. Maybe, I will be hunting grasscutters & snakes for a while before kickstarting again.

Nevertheless, I have been able to learn alot from this experience which i will be stating later.

With regards to that particular man & his unterrance, I did confront him (Another epistle).

My absconded worker case dey Area K police station. Nevertheless, I have forgiven him and moved pass the situation. All can be recovered so long grace abounds and His breath remains in me.

IamAsiri:


Ha! We have really missed you. You may not know to what extent but it is true. Welcome back sir.

God bless