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Making Good Compost: Farming God's Way
A simple, practical guide to creating rich compost to feed your soil and grow healthy plants, following God's principles of stewardship.
Farming God's Way emphasizes stewarding the land well. Creating and using good compost is a key part of this, utilizing natural materials to enrich the soil God has provided and to grow crops for His glory. This guide will help you make excellent compost with high standards.
In Farming God's Way, we are called to be good stewards of the land God has entrusted to us. Making compost is a wonderful way to do this. Good compost is like "black gold" for your soil. It helps:
- Feed Your Soil: It makes your soil rich and full of life, improving its structure.
- Hold Water: Healthy soil with compost holds water much better, so your plants are less likely to suffer during dry spells.
- Provide Nutrients: It slowly releases food (nutrients) for your plants, helping them grow strong and healthy without needing expensive chemical fertilizers.
- Reduce Waste: You can turn farm and kitchen waste (like leftover plants and vegetable scraps) into something valuable.
- Protect God's Creation: By recycling nutrients and improving the soil, we care for the environment.
Farming God's Way emphasizes minimal soil disturbance, using "God's Blanket" (mulch), and practicing high standards. Compost is a key ingredient in achieving these standards and improving your land faithfully.