Context: Pick and Write [Agricultural Word]👉#34

Hello everyone in this wonderful community. Today I want to share a very emotional story from my heart, and as well participate in this wonderful context. It is about my farm and how heavy rain and soil erosion have been testing my love for farming.

Words of the Week:

1. Soil Erosion
2. Drought
3. Flood tolerance

So before I proceed I would like to define the meaning of erosion and how to prevent it according to my little findings and my little knowledge about erosion

SOIL EROSION

Source

Erosion is the gradual wearing away and removal of soil from one place to another by agents such as water, wind, or human activities.

How to Prevent Erosion

• Plant trees and grasses – Their roots hold the soil firmly together.
• Avoid cutting down trees unnecessarily – Trees help protect the soil from heavy rainfall and wind.
• Use cover crops – Crops that cover the soil reduce the direct impact of rain.
• Practice terracing on slopes – This slows down water flowing downhill.
• Make proper drainage channels – They help control the movement of excess water.
• Avoid overgrazing – Too many animals can remove vegetation and expose the soil.
• Use mulching – Covering the soil with leaves, straw, or other materials protects it from rain and wind.

My recent experience

_{All this you're seeing in this picture are waters you can also see water rushing out from the pipeline which was connected to the compound going outside and storing inside the farm.}

Every morning when I wake up, the first thing on my mind is my crops. Farming is something I love so much. I care for my plants every single day like a lover caring for someone dear to his heart. But lately, the sky has been pouring so much heavy rain, and it is breaking my heart to see what is happening to my crops.

When the rain falls heavily in our compound, you can see how much water pours down everywhere. The water runs with force, rushing into our farm and washing away the good soil. This process is what we call soil erosion. It takes away all the rich food in the ground that my crops need to grow big and strong.

_{The condition that rain and erosion ketp my pepper 🌶️🫑 tree}

Look at my pepper plant in the photo. It breaks my heart to see it like this. The plant is bending down because the rain has been beating it continuously. The heavy water washes the soil from its roots and makes it bend as if it is tired and crying for help.

_{our cocoyam}

Look at my cocoyam leaves too. Their leaves are turning yellow instead of deep green. When soil erosion happens, the water carries away the good nutrients from the earth. My cocoyam plants are left hungry, and their yellow leaves show how much they are struggling to survive this heavy rain.

_{The ridges are so much down}

Even the soil ridges we made with hard work are affected. The heavy rain washes the topsoil down into the small paths between them. The ridges are going down and becoming flat because the running water keeps carrying the sand away every day.

Because I love my farm so much and I cannot sit down and watch everything get destroyed, I decided to take action. I went to the farm and dug a big pit pit in the ground. You can see me standing near the pit in my picture. We dug this hole so that when the heavy rain falls, all the excess water will collect inside the pit instead of running across the land to destroy our crops and wash away our soil.

Farming comes with hard work, but when you love your plants, you will do everything possible to protect them from soil erosion. I hope you enjoyed my short story today!

_{Pictures of myself inside the farm}

_{Thanks for going through my post, I really appreciate....}

I would also like to use this opportunity to invite this my friends who had ideas about farm and agriculture to also share their knowledge about this
@xkool24
@avalanch
@Joseph

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