If you follow me, there is a chance you know of a family piece of land that I was trying to cultivate for a profit before and after my old man passed on, it didn't go well. I brushed the entire saga under a carpet as I continued my search for farming land now to lease.
The universe quickly answered my disgruntled plea and as Hive soared on the market, an acre of land was at my disposal for a whole year at a fee of 200 dollars. I then powered down a bit of hive to pay the initial 100 dollars so that we (I have to tap extra hands) can be allowed to start clearing.
Starting with the easiest to clear patches, the work began weeks ago. These were the ones the last farmer was attempting to take care of. The rest was covered with thickets of wild vegetation and reeds at this point.
See what I mean? The space has been 'neglected' for a year and lucky us. The place is fertile and won't require a lot of fertilizers but I will need a load of manure and the debris above can help in mulching once it shrinks.
I am so lucky to have flowing water in seasonal streams in between the naturally sectioned patches. I will be reshaping a few of them but it's to allow water to flow in out for use but avoid flooding when it rains.
Most growing plants don't do well in swimming.
Though it seemed like we were doing nothing the first few days up to two weeks...
Reducing this natively Australian river bulrush bush (above) and tackling this localised version of the American rough cocklebur (below)...
...left the place freer like:
This took two weeks of hard work and I loved these results. Since then so much has happened and I will gladly post the journey as we but I am now trying to figure out what I will plant on my herbs patch.
The journey up to this point has taken enough hundreds of dollars with it but the idea of comfortably having fresh food aomewhere -for an entire year- while holding the profit of whatever we manage to sell sounds great for me.
See you in next shamba visit... 🌻
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I am so excited for you @tezmel
Being able to grow your own food is the best and I wish you all the best at it.
I am also looking into buying some land in El Salvador so that we can livd a free life style and grow our own food.
Thank you so much @joalvarez 🙏
I am banking on this place to feed my body and heal my soul.
Oh, nice. I am looking forward to owning my farm or land someday soon too. For now, leasing is what ill be doing.
The very best with your plans.
I am so happy to hear that you have acquired some land to grow food on, there is nothing better than growing your own. I am eager to get to my new plot so that I can start a garden, hopefully I will be there this time next week. I look forward to your updates and well done on all the hard work, wishing you much love and abundance xxxxx
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement! You are among the people who influenced/inspired my chasing this venture so I knew when this would get to you and it would resonate. I am hopeful that it will be a healing journey of finding myself and abundance in food 🤞🌻
Looking forward to seeing you flourish!
Can't wait to see your garden grow, @trucklife-family - you must miss it awfully!
That's so darn incredible. So exciting to be able to grow your own food and looks like it's a [retty healthy plot - with running water too! And so cheap by our standards too. Looking foerward to seeing things progress!
Thank you so much for the continuous inspiration and support! Yes to the first harvest and more :)
I am excited about your next update on your garden, harvesting your own grown food is one of the best feelings in the world. Greetings from the Philippines!
Thank you so much for choosing to walk on this journey with me... I can't wait for my first harvest. Currently, I am just foraging what has wildly grown or whatever the last farmer left on the neglected patches.
Greetings from the East of the Black continent 😊
You're welcome (^_^)
It's a pretty big piece of land, and you've cleared a good chunk of it of weeds, you guys are machines.
It is.
My cousin is the machine :D I am just the mastermind who helps around his place of work. Thank you so much for your kind words 😊
Wow! Congratulations! You have worked hard! Still much to do, I know. I have been remediating land myself the past couple years. Compost is key for me. Thanks for sharing your project and vision! I look forward to seeing it come true 😊
This feels so good coming from someone who has experienced it first hand. I worked on for seeks to see any shareable/noticeable change. It would be interesting to though, how did you tackle yours?
I am thinking of doing patch by patch as I am short of labour and weeds wait for no farmer!
Looking forward to learning from you... When do you start posting on it? 🌻
I have posted a lot about it on FB @Seeds of Hope Boise. I have been lucky to have help. It’s important to weed whack before weeds go to seeds no matter if they are root runners or not. Eat the GIANT one bite at a time! Section by section. It’s going to take years so pace yourself and have realistic expectations. Also, you might want to look into JADAM it’s a make your own fertilizer and pesticide recipe book you can get on Amazon that’s worth every penny. Throw those weeds in a bucket/ barrel, fill with water, wait & use as fertilizer! Yesssssss it stinks! Yesssssss it’s FREE!
I haven’t decided what I’m going to write about next - I will put Remediation on the short list!
I will wait for you to post here as I am sure it will be more beneficial to you than on Facebook 🤞
Taking notes like the greenest student I am. But about weed, I am taking that in steps. It's much more easier than trying to race with their sprouting and growing speed.
About the organic fertilizers, I am looking into our own traditional ways and now pro tips like that book. I will get it. Thank you so much. 🌻
My pleasure. Jadam comes from Korea.
It’s definitely best to use your own community practices.
I think it's best to incorporate what can be combined and further what we have learned. Learning from each other is how we grow, no?
Waiting for you to start enlightening us with Korean community practices too.
This is how we grow, for sure. I look forward to sharing with you.