So on the eve of International World Bee Day, I was busy trying to get some honey from my honeybees armed with a motorbike helmet for my protection. It was one of the dumbest thing I’ve ever done. But that’s a story for another day. Anyway let me take you back to the beginning, to […]
A couple of weeks ago, a very good friend of mine, and a young passionate farmer, Ouma, came to me at my electronic and phone accessories shop for help deciding which new crop he should plant on his one acre farm. I was of course glad to hear another young man interested in pursuing agribusiness
Today I think I did a benevolent deed, if I’m allowed to blow my own trumpet. I rescued a baby bird. Talking of which, what’s a little one of a bird called? Maybe you can tell me in the comment section. Anyway, early this morning, before sunrise as I was getting my knapsack ready for
DIY (Do It Yourself). Today I’m take you through simple steps on how to construct your own earthen fish pond for rearing fish. The size will depend on farmer’s preference and affordability, or the number of fish a farmer intends to rear. And a pond for farm use for example may be as small as
Sesame drying structure Bet you didn’t know what the heck was going on in this photograph. That was us harvesting sesame (simsim) the traditional way according to mother’s guidance.
I’m doing this post after coming across these “lazily” planted bananas by a certain farmer in my village. I’m using the term “lazily” because that’s the only way I can think of to describe what the farmer had done. Jane had planted three banana suckers which were visible from the road, and after a heavy
One day my big bro handed me a ripe purple passion fruit to eat started with 16 plants of passion fruit to eat. I wished it, cut it open into halves and while eating the tasty first half, a thought occurred to me. Why don’t you take out some seeds and plant your own? And
You recall when I was back in Kajiado? Well, I returned with a strange variety of beans, one many of the people I meet have never seen or hard of: Christmas Lima beans. I’ve decided to introduce the Limas to Busia by farming them and teaching more farmers about them because I believe they can
A bumper harvest starts with a proper and timely land preparation. But I wonder how many farmers know this. I’ve taken time to observe what most farmers, especially in the Western part of Kenya do, and to tell you the truth it’s heartbreaking. In Busia County for instance when our rains begun this April signaling
Flowering stage is the most crucial stage in the life cycle of any crop, or plant. When you see those flowers coming up in their variant colors, attracting insects, a farmer’s heart leaps with joy and anticipation. Now you know fruits are about to start forming and that means a yield at the end of
