Nutrition with Craig Deall

Craig Deall

Nutrition

Manure, fertilizer, compost and anthill. Apply amount to match target uield. Choose the cup size to match the amount and place in a planting station. Do before 15 November.

Training is the duty of the Christian farmer. Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” Let’s be models, not just in farming.

Are we doing Jesus last commandment? Matthew 28:18 – 20 “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
When we train we benefit as well. By training others, we train ourselves into a greater understanding of God’s principles.

Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it can be measured back to you.”

Summary:
1. Farming is 12 months of the year
2. Timeliness is important
3. Wholeheartedness is also important
4. Work hard with joy


Two qualities of Christ that break strongholds: be unselfish and humble and be a part of the rebuilding of Africa.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Winter: Foundational Practices with Craig Deall - August

Craig Deall

August!

Key Foundational Scripture: Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

Farming is for 12 months of the year. Let’s use winter wisely:
1. Keep fields weed free
2. Budget farm plan
3. Make compost (July – mid-August)
4. Inputs – use open pollinated seed
5. Off season maintenance
6. Dig holes
7. No burning, ploughing
8. Protect mulch

Tools: prepare and maintain
1. Hoe’s and weeding tools
2. Fertilisers and manure. Cups or teaspoons
3. Measuring stick – 75cm
4. Teren rope with markings every 60cm
5. Seed
6. Pegs – metal or wooden
The small-scale farmer is the BEST farmer on the planet! God has faith in you.

Land Preparation
No ploughing, keep weed free, establish baseline, protect God’s blanket, make rows across the slope – spacings 75cm, hole out planting stations 60cm, hole size: width 15cm and depth 8 – 15cm, place soil down the slope. Complete by end of October.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Winter: Foundational practices with Craig Deall - July

Craig Deall

JULY
Key Foundational Scripture: Proverbs 3:5 - 6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.” If Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth then we will never reach our full potential as farmers or teachers unless we build everything we do on Jesus.

Can we as farmers model this obedience? As God’s people, turn back to Him in unity and wholeheartedness. Be a model to the world!

How?
Meditating on God’s word and His ways…. Joshua 1:8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” The Holy Spirit is our helper.

Evaluate the resources we have
Be faithful with what we have. Have a vision with where we are going. Be faithful with what we have. Use what God have given to us. Say NO to debt! Don’t fall into this trap. Be faithful with little and God will add to us…..
a) Our talents
b) Motives – Do they bless and honour the Lord
c) Work force?
d) Land – where are you situated? What is the climate like and where is your water source?
e) Crop suitability?

The most important farming practice is PRAYER! Each morning, each new task or season, give thanks and praise daily, asking Him to help us to glorify Him.

There is a saying: “Early to bed, early to rise”. That is the beauty of creation. Let’s make use of our time, of the sunlight and opportunities. When we see the sunrise, we know there is a God.

Compost time is in July: collect dry and woody material, manure, anthill and stack it neatly. Make your compost.

But Don’t Forget…………….. to WEED!

Summarised by Molly Manhanga