Hello everyone, Through the week I took a tour around my main farmlands and the extension at the other side, which I talked about some weeks ago, and it's quite an extraordinary feeling to see most of my farm produce doing pretty well. I went for sightseeing, harvesting, and weeding of overgrown grasses around the farm, and today I'll love to have you join me in catching a glimpse of some of the farm produce housed in my farmland and their status.
Here I've got the snake gourd or snake tomato, although down here it's popularly called tomato elejo; apparently it's the same meaning when translated, and as you can see, this is a type of crop that's presently taking the market by storm at this time of the year given the high increase in the price of the regular vine tomatoes. With the snake tomatoes, you can literally have just two pictures of it in your soup, and it'll make up for what a vine tomato of 1000 naira will do in the same quantity of soup.
Quite nice and impressive, right? It's one part of my farm that I'm really proud of and always glad of. Each time I remember when I was first given the seed by a friend to plant, I didn't even know its usefulness then, but I gave it a shot, and it's the one giving me a shot by saving the day over and over again on a regular basis, as I tend to harvest some whenever I need to make a soup. During this particular visit, only one was ripe enough for harvest, and I took it and left others to ripe before I harvested them when needed.
Just like the tomato, as you know, I'll need something pepperish to spice up my soup and food, and so here I've got the fatalli plant; it's just a part of the farming of the chili pepper, and down here we call it ata rodo. I've got about one barn of cultivated land dedicated to just it alone, and that's in my bid to be self-sufficient, especially in aspects of what I eat and consume, having to not buy most of it since I now plant them, although at this time the falling plant hasn't yielded any fruit, but I'm optimistic as the plant is in perfect condition.
Also here, I've got a natural herb that has come in handy for my family and me through the years. This is Curcuma caesia, or just black turmeric. It's one of the most important plants I've got in my farmland, and that's because it's a natural herb that can be used to curb or cure different illnesses, such as asthma, tumors, seizures, glands on the neck, and several others, to mention but a few. Well, I guess I'll talk extensively on its usage in a separate post soon.
I've got several other crops and plants here, such as grauva, vegetables, pumpkin, maize, and the like, but I'll stop at this point and continue some other time when I go with the aim to harvest.
Thanks so much for your time, have a wonderful day and stay bless.
All photos are mine.