10 Health Benefits Of Cucumbers You Should Know

10 Health Benefits Of Cucumbers You Should Know

Cucumbers are the fourth most cultivated vegetable in the world and known to be one of the best foods for your body’s overall health, often referred to as a superfood. Cucumbers are often sprayed with pesticides so it is important to buy organic or even better,...
Types of Fish Feed

Types of Fish Feed

Providing fish a nutritionally balanced diet is essential to grow a healthy stock of fish. In terms of fish farming, the variety of fish feed must be carefully considered because feed represents 50% of the production cost. There are many different types of freshwater...
Health Benefits of Locust Beans

Health Benefits of Locust Beans

Most people detest locust beans because of the unpleasant smell but unknown to them, locust beans are beneficial to their consumers. The plant is commonly referred to as Iru by the Yoruba-speaking part of Nigeria. It is also known as Ogiri by the Igbo people of the...
How to Select a Good Watermelon

How to Select a Good Watermelon

 HOW TO SELECT A GOOD WATERMELON Look for uniform shape Look for a firm, symmetrical watermelon free from bruises, cuts or dents. If the watermelon has any lumps or bumps, this may mean that it received irregular amounts of sunshine or water during growing, causing...
Honey Production

Honey Production

Honey is the natural sweet substance, produced by honeybees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants, or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific...

How to Cultivate your Tomato Seeds

Cultivating your Tomato Seeds Why grow tomatoes from seed? There are always plenty of tomato plants for sale at local garden centers, but for the largest variety, you will need to consider growing tomatoes from seed. Since tomatoes are heat lovers, most gardeners...
Health Benefits of Groundnuts

Health Benefits of Groundnuts

Groundnuts are some of the best sources of protein. They are also very beneficial when it comes to matters of health. Although they are high in fat, it can be said to be the good kind of fat as it is monounsaturated fat. Groundnuts, which are also known as peanuts or...
Seven Things You Need to Know Before Planting Maize

Seven Things You Need to Know Before Planting Maize

Maize is an annual crop with height ranging from 0.40 metres to five metres. It has shallow and fibrous roots that grow to a maximum depth of 0.50 metres with adventitious roots which form at the nodes near the base of the stem. It is woody, and filled with sweet...
How to build a Raised Bed Step-by-Step

How to build a Raised Bed Step-by-Step

Spring has sprung but there’s still time to start a raised bed! In this short video and article, we’ll demonstrate how easy it is to build a small 4ft x 4ft (1.2m x 1.2m) raised bed from scratch. For this project, we’ve used two planks of wood that...