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Groundnut harvest day, Join us for groundnut harvest

monica-ene — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:55:12 GMT

Hello Hive

Our fresh groundnuts are already ripe and ready for consumption. For my groundnut lovers, you can start coming over for some. I have some few hive friends who live closer and who usually come to eat some fresh groundnuts whenever harvest comes around like this.

Finally the days are upon us and we have gradually begun the harvest of our groundnut. Having begun the work gradually, groundnut harvest is a very slow and gradual process. Most times we invite a good number of people to assist us with the harvest.

The process is a very simple one in which we start by going through the lines of the planted nuts one after the other and pulling up the plants. When we are done with that, we them move gather the plants into piles in different locations in the farm.

From here we now sit down and begin to pluck the nuts from the leaves one after the other. Meanwhile we would have purchases and prepared bags down that will be used to transport the nuts home.

When the days work is completed, the groundnuts that are harvested will then be transported home for preservation.

Preservation is usually done before storage as nuts often contains a lot of moisture content. They can get spoilt within few days if they are not attended to. The preservation or drying phase is usually the longest aspect of the harvest as we have to keep drying day for about 3weeks depending on the intensity of the sun.

The nut inside is usually white during harvest but after sun drying they normally turn deep brown. We have learnt how to watch out for these to dry properly and how to know if they are sufficiently dried. If the nuts within aren't sufficiently dried the groundnuts can still go bad during storage.

23 Mile Bike Ride, Fref, Tree Bucking, Cross Country Meet, Signups - Thursday

flemingfarm — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:07:06 GMT

Yesterday morning I headed out for a ride once it got a bit warmer and kept it more mellow. As in less hills and more flats. I had a good laugh at the Uhaul truck and the FREF storage.

It was a nice day and I ended up taking a couple roads I have not been on before.

Flats mean faster speed with less effort so I made it 23 miles again.

After noon I grabbed the saw and extra battery and headed up the hill to work on hacking one of the trees down to rounds.

It was a good drop for each round and they got some good distance with the speed they picked up.

Both batteries got me through about half the tree.

The 16" bar had about 2" past the tree diameter but nicely the wood is softer so cut easily.

J had another xc meet, this time back at their school.

He did really good and pushed pretty hard for the 1.5 miles.

He got a 10:50 finish time and ran 7:30 pace.

In the evening we signed him up for 2 5ks this month. The one will be Sunday at the ski area and is a trail run, the other is the BRRC cross country race at Mead high school in a couple weeks. He is pretty stoked for them.

Went to the group ride this morning and it was a lot of hill climbing... My toes were ice blocks by the end. I got home in time to get the boys to school and now will go soak for a bit to warm up more. Mid day I have a job to swap out a gas cooktop for a customer, then this afternoon will be the Fall carnival at R's school and J has no practice so we will all go to that before figuring out dinner this evening.

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2026 Y/E Goals	Yr Start	Goal	Current	+/Week	+/Mth	Remaining
Hive Posting Streak Days (since 5/25/20)	2047	2,412	2,322	6
Duolingo Streak (since 10/23/22)	1140	1505	1396	6
2500 Miles Cycled	0	2500	2116.43	46.52	23.14	383.57

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Moderate fertilizer application process for maximum yield and better quality of grains

monica-ene — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:25:27 GMT

Hello Hive

Happy new months to everyone. We welcome the new month with so much peace and warmth and I pray that the expectations of our heart will come to pass in the new month.

Yesterday, my country celebrated her 66th independent day today and rather than following my sister to the stadium for a match past I decided to visit our farm instead. All of the things that excites me about this country keeps fading over the years even as the country keeps getting harder. We don't know what to expect at anytime but all we try to do is to stay alive for now, very funny though. One can graduate for years without a tangible job and setting up a business is usually like a very difficult task unless you have a sponsor. For now we just do the little we can and see how life turns out for us.

Having stayed at home for a couple of days away from the farm we had to get to the farm yesterday to add some fertilizers to our rice. I understand that quite a number of people are against using inorganic fertilizer to grow their food. Organic foods are very much healthier as a lot of chemicals are now being added to foods to enhance their growth.

Our rice can barely produce tangible quantity of quality grains without the assistance from some fertilizer as we have been farming these lands continuously for years. Rather than adding so much quantity of fertilizer, we only sprinkle very little amount of it on the farms so that the rice can produce some good grains at harvest.

You can see the sprinkling procdecide here. We used about 2.5kg of this fertilizer for a half a plot of rice field and that is the measurements used for applying this.

Our rice are already at their last stage if production and any moment from now they will start bearing some the soft hauls that will carry the grains.

Fungus, Shelf, PDC, The Patio, Potatoes, Date Night - Wednesday

flemingfarm — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:44:57 GMT

Yesterday morning was quite warm compared to the 38F this morning which looks to be more the norm in the forecast now. Much of my day was spent trying to cleanup around the house. Walking back in from getting the mail I checked out the fungus that have loved the rains. The puffballs are growing along and in the driveway, for some reason the mycelium has grown more were there is more gravel.

But these massive ones are growing closer to the sheep pen which has had a variety of different fungus grow in it. So much to feed on in the ground it would be really amazing to see them all growing like in a petri-dish growing cultures and they all bump up against one another. Do the various myceliums intertwine or do they create boundary areas between them?

The PDC world cup is ongoing and I had the matches on during the mid day. I got the shelf made for the medicine cabinet, I had the perfect pieces to cut down to size.

It was a slow going process to empty the bins that had been stacked on the patio but I got some cleanup done. Old toys and such went to a big bag which emptied bins. The masses of paper from the boys' rooms got run through and then stuffed into a big box in the wood pile. It was a bit absurd just how much there is with everything they brought home from school. Still lots more to move but it is getting cleaner.

The potatoes got taken down to studio A for storage in the consistent temp and darkness.

We had our session in the evening then went out to eat at Red Robin after. I should have saved half for today as my stomach wasn't happy overnight.

Will get the boys to school in a bit, have to harvest in the greenhouse, will go on a mellow bike ride to get some miles in, PDC continues, more cleaning around the house and piling for eventual dump run, then J has his cross country meet at their school so nice and close.

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Duolingo Streak (since 10/23/22)	1140	1505	1395	5
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Irish potato season, Veggies and spicies.

monica-ene — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:26:21 GMT

Hello Hive

Guess who stopped by at the market this evening. I visited my favorite vegetables seller today to see if I can get fresh vegetables since we didn't grow vegetables at this season but the prices of things aren't smiling at all.

How can these few pieces of Irish potatoes be sold for 1k/$0.75 naira?
Is it that Irish potatoes are more nutritious than the sweet potatoes we eat.
The basket of potatoes you see in the picture here is sold for $7.5. I really wish to have a plate of these potatoes or yams this evening but these prices are really outrageous.

Even the prices of spicies too aren't smiling, ginger, garlic, onion and the likes don't go for less than $0.5. Ever since I have gotten used to getting most of the things I need from the farm, I find it difficult to purchase anything that the prices don't look friendly.

At this point I really can't wait for our potatoes in the farm to get matured so that we can start eating them. I don't really know if Irish potatoes have more nutritional values than sweet potatoes and even though Irish potatoes are in season and these have been harvested fresh from they farm they are still expensive.

It's been couple of days now since I last visited the farm due to my health but I feel very much better now and would really wish to check on the farm and see what fresh food we can find. Some foods are very cheap whenever they are in season and for those that find it really difficult to farm due to the nature of their jobs, one can take advantage of the season, buy some freshly harvested food and store them well. I see a lot of tutorials online on how to make home made tomatoes and others.
I wonder if there is a storage process for foods like Irish potatoes.

Rain, 3DP, Session, 23 Mile Bike Ride, Cash Find, Cross Country Meet - Tuesday

flemingfarm — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:34:15 GMT

Woke to the other smaller shelf being done on the printer yesterday morning. Nicely I just had to resize a model I had saved to make the shelves. I just have to cut one from wood today for the middle shelf since it is 13" and the printer can only print 8.5".

Sprinkled in the morning and then off and on through out the day. Never got more than sky spit but could see the actual rains always to the south.

Went to my session in the morning which went well then once home I headed out on a ride. Decided to take a route I have gone a few times and the rains all stayed to the south, I could see it off on the mountains south of Spokane.

As I rode up one of the hills I noticed a folded bill on the side of the road in the ditch and jumped off my bike to grab it. Turned out to be a $20. I walked down the road a bit and found 2 more in the ditch. I looked around and saw no more. It really can pay to keep eyes on the side of the road while riding. This time I got paid to ride my bike.

Sprinkled a few times on the ride but only a tiny bit. Nicely it was perfect temperature for riding.

Worked on some cleanup around the outside of house then R got home from school and we soon headed into Spokane for J's cross country meet. Same park we were at last week.

He did good and ran about the same time as the prior week.

Trying to get him to finish hard into the line but he is not much of a sprinter. He IS able to maintain a consistent pace for distance.

After the meet I headed home and the boys went with @stryeyz and stopped at Costco for some dinner ingredients.

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SpaceX, Cold, Cat, Apples, Medicine Cabinet, Dentist, 3DP - Monday

flemingfarm — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:51:30 GMT

Woke up in time yesterday morning to watch the Starship launch. It was pretty damn cool to see the Pez dispenser, (their name for it) that popped out the V3 Starlink satellites one at a time from a port in the side of the ship. Each one will add a TB of bandwidth and they said this one batch of 26 adds as much bandwidth as 20 Falcon 9 launches.

It was also our first freeze of the season. 30F as dawn broke and it took a while to warm up after the sun rose. Managed to not lose anything around the farm in the cold. At least that I could tell later in the day.

Took the boys to school then when I got home the cat had nestled down in the middle of the couch. The first time I have seen her there. She is slowly getting more used to the house and is beginning to jump up onto chairs and the couches.

The "landing" of the Starship was awesome. The onboard cameras showed it all and as the ship rotated to touch down in the Pacific like it would land on the land the camera suddenly was in the ocean. THEN the hing fell over on its side and exploded in grand fashion. It got nearly 2 orbits, the first time a Starship has made it to orbit.

Mid morning I went out and picked a basket of apples from the tree by the creek. They are a bit bug addled but not horribly. In the process I managed to get my glasses pulled off my head where I had them on my hat and didn't realize until back in the house so had to go search for them, but found them finally.

The new medicine cabinet arrived and I got it put together before heading into my dentist appointment. Got the temp bridge put in and my permanent will be ready next week. My mouth is still sore this morning from the work but the temp is actually pretty good.

I was home for a short while after the appointment then picked J up after practice. I then was able to manage mounting the cabinet in the bathroom. It is a good bit bigger than the old one and is all mirror on the front. The built in lights are pretty nifty and it makes the tiny bathroom seem a bit bigger.

I got dinner made and had the handyball game on while I had the printer working on a shelf for the cabinet.

I got the 2 shelves printed for the sides as it's 8" wide, but the middle is 13" wide so will have to make a shelf from wood to fit.

What a difference a day makes, it's 48F this morning... Boys to school in a bit, then my weekly session, then need to get a ride in, work in the garden and around the house, J has another xc meet this afternoon, R starts STEM club soon, and then will come up with something for dinner this evening.

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2026 Y/E Goals	Yr Start	Goal	Current	+/Week
Hive Posting Streak Days (since 5/25/20)	2047	2,412	2,319	3
Duolingo Streak (since 10/23/22)	1140	1505	1393	3
2500 Miles Cycled	0	2500

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Rest Day, Seahawks, Bucking Trees - Sunday

flemingfarm — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:23:09 GMT

My week caught up to me and I was not feeling like doing much yesterday. It was a lazy morning as it was 33F at dawn, but it warmed up to the mid 60s. Thankfully the plants on the deck weren't worse for it.

Watched the Seahawks screw the pooch and they deserved to lose the game.

After it was over I headed out to try out my chain sharpening on the Dewalt saw and was rather pleased to see it was right on the money. It is nice and sharp and plowed through the wood with ease. I cut down all the trees I had dumped by the chip pile from a couple weeks ago. I made a pile of the rounds and left the branches spread out. I need to move the chipper back over and get through the slew of branches, hopefully putting them down on the chip pile.

Watched the Space-X starship launch this morning which just popped out 26 V3 Starlinks from the pez dispenser. It is 30F this morning and I will get the boys to school soon. Once it warms up this morning I will go and pick some apples from one of the trees, likely try and get the chipper moved by hand but may not chip anything until tomorrow. I have a dentist appt this afternoon to get the prep done for my new bridge which will give me a temp for a while. PDC Grand prix is on and runs all week. J has 2 more xc meets this week as well.

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2026 Y/E Goals	Yr Start	Goal	Current	+/Week
Hive Posting Streak Days (since 5/25/20)	2047	2,412	2,318	2
Duolingo Streak (since 10/23/22)	1140	1505	1392	2
2500 Miles Cycled	0	2500

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Harvest, Chewelah Fall Fest, Pepper Challenge, 2 Loons Distillery, Date Night - Saturday

flemingfarm — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:02:24 GMT

Was out in the greenhouse yesterday morning and picked some of the last cucumbers along with some nice peppers and more tomatoes. Rolled the side down to keep heat in for last night which got to 33F.

Before noon we all headed north to Chewelah for the Fall Fest on main street where I picked up my season pass for 49N. That's Quartzite mtn in the background where I have flown my paraglider from a couple times.

There are old lift chairs from 49N on the corners of the streets and each is labeled with the chair number and the name of the lift line they were on.

R did a habanero pepper challenge at the Cocina Mar booth. They gave him a 1/4 of a pepper and he chewed it a few times then swallowed it. He managed the heat amazingly well. They gave him a couple tacos for it. The rest of us got tacos but bought them as we are weenies with heat.

We wandered a bit and I got a pan of sourdough cinnamon rolls from Moriah's. STUPID GOOD AND TASTY!

On our way home we stopped at the distillery in Loon Lake as we needed to re-up on some of their amazing liquor.

They make some outstanding bourbons. I got a 121 straight bourbon and we got a bottle of the huckleberry.

This was cool to see and I had to get a pic of it.

Before dinner @stryeyz and I went up to Backroads for drinks.

Cold this morning and I have the heater turned back on in the house. Will watch the Seahawks game this morning and try to get some work done around the property today. Also need to go pick the apples now that it has gotten cold for a night.

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2026 Y/E Goals	Yr Start	Goal	Current	+/Week
Hive Posting Streak Days (since 5/25/20)	2047	2,412	2,317	1
Duolingo Streak (since 10/23/22)	1140	1505	1391	1
2500 Miles Cycled	0	2500

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Homesteading Resources!

jacobpeacock — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 22:37:48 GMT

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