Bunsen Agriculture

Finding your passion in the open fields. 

We've all heard the question or phrases

• What is your passion?

• Find your passion!

• You can only succeed if you are passionate about what you are doing?

But there are some passions you will never know existed unless you move away from your comfort zone. 

I was born in Itire. A hardcore place in Mushin, Lagos. You don't mess with Mushin people they are rugged, or so I been told. However, I was shipped out of Nigeria as a toddler, turning two in the UK and moulded into an aje-butter lady. 

By Nigerian standard, I'm soft. I cross the road to avoid stepping on slugs, I ran down Dalston market screaming the first time I saw a gigantic snail - my grandmother looked at me in disgust and I still can't remember how I got home that day. I hate Slugs, I hate the slimy trial they leave behind, but I love the idea of gardening. So in my last few years in London I rented a home with a beautiful garden, but only entered the garden once. I'm sure you can guess why it was only once...

Despite all of this, this fake Mushin lady fell in love with nurturing the growth of cucumbers. 

• She fell in love with the research and planning required

• She fell in love with learning how to work with locals and problem solving on the spot

• She fell in love with seeing the results of seeds germinating and the fruiting phase of vegetation. 

Like a mother she fell in love with watching her efforts grow, seeing her seeds transform into cucumbers, healthy and green. She fell in love with imitating mother nature.  

The trigger. 

I used to take monthly road-trips from Lagos to Ijebu-Igbo to visit my first love, my grandmother. During the 2-3 years of taking these trips I noticed the development in the Ogun state area, I also heard about all the planned development in that axis and decided that I wanted land in that area. I still hold on to the belief that in 20 years from now, the Epe region could be the new 'Island'. So I purchased two plots of land, fenced it and then just stared at it knowing that I had no immediate plans to build. 

The workers in the estate, suggested I try farming, and being the optimistic person I am, I believed there 'underestimated' budget and forged ahead thinking it would be a nice way to make some money with the land. I negotiated access to 2 extra plots of land and gave birth to Bunsen Agriculture. 

In June 2022 the lady cucumber farmer came into existence... 

You now have two choices to select from, you can read about my past experience or learn about the future plans