Practising Homesteading in My Yam Garden

Greetings my dear people of the #homesteading community.

This morning I decided to check up on my bag yam farm. To avoid loosening the soil in our backyard, I decided to go with the bag method of yam cultivation. The yam is growing very well as I often apply some organic manure.

That's why I don't joke with any biodegradable waste from the kitchen, I always have them disposed of in the plant bags.

I learned about this method of planting from @mattsanthonyit, my boss in terms of Agricultural practice.

So why did I have to practice my homesteading this morning?

This morning, I just noticed that my yam vines are already growing very well and some have trespassed on our neighbors' compound. So I had to bring them down from the fence and make a new stake for them.

I got bamboo and found the right spot where I could stand the stacking wood. I also selected the spot I knew had soft soil without obstacles.

I made the bamboo rest on the other staking woods while I began to dig.

I dug the hole very deep. It's often said in my native proverbs, "Without soiled hands, a farmer won't reap", I found out that this proverb is true because my hands got soiled.

I dug till I reached a debt.

I feel a heavy wind won't blow the staking wood down.

Then I inserted the wood straight into the hole then covered it with the sand I dug out.

I had to hold the staking wood in the manner I wanted it to be while covering the hole.

After I covered up the soil, the next activity was to bring back those vines that had rested on the fence and have them well-dressed in the new stake. But while I wanted to get the first vine, I saw a snail on one of the leaves. I had the save its life by picking it up to keep it on a cocoyam leaf.

After finding a better refuge for the snail, I went back to my duty. I brought Al the trespassing vines and dressed them properly on the new stake.

After I dressed them, I noticed that their weight was big enough to pull my staking wood in one direction, meaning that it was vulnerable to being easily blown down by the wind.
So how do I sort this out? I am using this homesteading practice, it's said: "that practice makes perfect". So I used common sense, I made my new stakes rest on the old ones.

By this, I'm assured I have done a perfect job.

Homesteading is a very good act, living within one's ability and providing some needs by oneself is a special kind of life. This yam farm has always been serving my family sometimes. We don't need to buy everything from the market.

Thanks for reading.
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