Farming is the source of livelihoods for all human kind; this makes it essential to consider sustainable use of the soil so that future generation will be able to benefit from the same. Organic farming seems to be the most appropriate type of farming that needs to be practiced; organic farming involves crop ration, green and composed manure, biological pest control, mulching etc, this restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony as minimal use of off-farm inputs is adapted. Dennis Argall (http://suburbanfoodforest.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/science-achieves-some-understanding-of.html) in his article science achieves some understanding of crop rotation talked about how crop rotation can help the soil as well as the health of the crops for better yield.
in the picture above is the potato garden I had last year , below is the garden i prepared for beans and maize
Using the organic farming techniques, in 2013 I thought of starting my kitchen garden at my home. I started with planting of potatoes, maize, pineapple, sukumawiki (its east African greens which derived its name from a Kiswahili word “ sukuma week” meaning it helps people move on through the week), rice, and beans etc. I had thought of using compost manure from my piggery to boost soil for maximum yield of the crops.
Here is my small pineapple garden
The piggery did not do well and so the kitchen garden, this year I intend to have a more commercial like agriculture, I will plant groundnuts mixed with maize on one side then on the other side groundnuts together with cassava. Here cassava is regarded as staple food, it boiled and eaten with source of all kind while it can also be made inform floor to make bread or porridge.
Here is the 1 acre land i am preparing for the groundnut, maize and cassava project
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