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How I grow the best tomatoes in town

Nicholas Njagi with some of harvested tomatoes in his farm located in Igamba Ng’ombe, Makanyanga Location of Tharaka Nithi County. PHOTO BY NANJINIA WAMUSWA

When you visit Nicholas Njagi's farm, you simply marvel. The farm is a stark contrast from that of the neighbours. While theirs is fallow and abandoned, his is green with life.

“My neighbours wonder what I put on my tomatoes. But really there is nothing much, just getting the basics right,” he starts off the interview.

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