Woman Showcases Fresh Okro She Harvested From Cement Sack Farming
- A Nigerian woman, Arinola Ifeoma Awokoya, has said that she harvested fresh okro from her cement sack garden
- Arinola revealed that the farming took 8 weeks, adding that she would be getting more okro from her garden for some time
- Many people praised her unconventional farming skill as they said they would practise the same in their homes
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A Nigerian woman identified as Arinola Ifeoma Awokoya has shown that sack farming could be a very sustainable way of planting crops.
In a post on Sunday, March 28, the woman said she recently harvested fresh okro that she planted in small cement sacks.
Explaining how the harvest will benefit her home, the woman said that her husband, Mr Awokoya, will be fed a plate of pounded yam and fresh okro and catfish soup.
The woman added that knowing how to enjoy the simple things of life makes it really enjoyable.
Many people have since praised the woman's beautiful gardening skill, saying she did the unusual to achieve an excellent result.
See her post below:
Briefly.co.za compiled some of the reactions to her tweet below:
@faithrous20 said:
"A lot of Nigerian youth feel you've to be Davido or participate in BBN before you can enjoy life, NO! Life is also enjoyable in a simple way without glamour."
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@ucee3d said:
"I am a tenant somewhere, but I'd love to do something like this with the small verander at my bedroom balcony, so that my landlady won't think I want to turn her house into a farm. I need idea to plant this okro."
@Yobe_Things said:
"Now you don't need to go to the market for Okro. Honestly this is worth emulating. Procrastination will be the death of me."
@orgatitus said:
"You blow my mind the Sunday afternoon ma. Meaning I can interlock my compound and still have a farm. No need to till one land somewhere. Thank you for this ma."
Meanwhile, Briefly.co.za earlier reported that Zahira Mathir took to Facebook to share her daughter's inspirational story, she revealed that her daughter had asked her mom to use some of the money for her Eid dress to help a classmate.
Mathir shared the story in the #ImStaying group of how a girl in her daughter's class had no stationery and had to borrow the teachers. Her daughter felt sorry for this girl and wanted to buy her pencils, Pritt, twisties and colour pencils.
Her daughter gave the girl the stationery and she was so happy to receive the gift that she started crying.
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