Steem-Agro Drawing Contest 20: Agriculture Through Art

Hello beautiful farmers of Steem Agro, how are you all doing? It's another wonderful week. It's the planting season in my country and we are all striving hard to see that we plant. I really appreciate @ahsansharif for using this platform to promote agriculture. This week, I'll be showing my little creativity in drawing a farm tool being a hoe which I use always, so stay tune.

• A paper

• HB Pencil

• Black Pen

• Eraser and sharpener

Colour pencils

Step 1:
I drew the long handle of the hoe. This is where a farmer or anyone handling the hoe holds unto while using it. It is usually made up of solid wood or metal.

Step 2:

I went further by drawing the neck of my hoe. This is the part that joined the handle of the hoe to the blade.

Step 3:
I drew the blade of the hoe. This is a very important part of the hoe as it is the part that does most of the hard work. It tills the soil, weeds grasses and carries some soil. This part has a curvy shape and it is always very sharp.

Step 4:
In my final step, I added finishing touches to my hoe by colouring the blade with black and the handle with brown colour.

The hoe is one of the oldest farming tool and the most simplest to use.

• It is used in weeding out unwanted plants that grow in our farm.

• It is also used in digging and preparing the soil for planting.

• The hoe can be used to cultivate and harvest root crops like yam, potatoes, vegetables, cocoyam etc.

• Before planting some crops, heaps or ridges are made and this is done by using the hoe.

• When mixing soil or even manure abd fertilizer inti the soil, the hoe is very useful

• The hoe can be used to shape the soil, that is, gathering of soil around the base of plants so that erosion or heavy rainfall doesn't wash away the plants.

The hoe just like any other farm tool should be cared for properly, if not, it will get rust and not be useful anymore.

• After using the hoe for the day, make sure you wash it or clean it properly, don't leave a hoe dirty after using it with soil on it.

• Keep your hoe in a dry place to avoid rust. Avoid leaving it under the rain.

• Sharpen your hoe when necessary. If not it won't work effectively.

Using my hoe to weed my farm