Farming Calendar
Foundations for Farming
The Foundation – Jesus! GOD - He sees the problem. • He has given us the solution • He teaches us how to implement •
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The Calendar is His!
We must fit into His timing “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity on earth� 02/17/18
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Foundational Scriptures...... • Prov 3v5-6: “Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean NOT on you own understanding; in ALL your ways acknowledge Him and He will make you paths straight” • This DOES take real faith and vision to act on what can’t be seen!
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Foundational Scriptures...... • Isaiah 55v8: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways” • We need to think and act differently to the ways things are traditionally done in the world! 02/17/18
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The Farming Year.… Farmer Activities
July
August
Sept
October
Nov
Dec
January
Feb
March
April
May
June
WEEDING: All Year! MULCH MANAGEMENT: All Year! FIRE GUARD: Protect mulch! BUDGETING: Plan ahead! FARM PLAN: Plan ahead MAKE COMPOST: This is inputs! PEG FIELDS DIG HOLES - 8-15cm deep FERT/MANURE/COMPOST PLANT - 3 seeds per station/Cover well! TOP DRESSING - AN/Chicken soup/Comfrey tea THINNING - 2 plants per station PEST& DISEASE CONTROL - Scout! HARVEST- Thanksgiving! TRAIN OTHERS -Unselfishness!
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All Year round! Farming is 12 months of year!
• WEEDS! 30-45 labour/days FfF
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WEEDS! • Farmers might rest – Weeds don’t! They are a curse! Robbing you of moisture FfF
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All YEAR!
WEEDS! • • • •
Small Weeds Crop canopy LATE WEED CONTROL Next years land prep FfF
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FIRE GUARDS… • June/July. • Clear boundry. • The only time you can use your matches! • Not on a windy day! 02/17/18
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BUDGETING/FARM FARM NAME: FIELD/MUNDA: PLAN Crop: Seed: Seed Dressing: Extra Seed Dressing: Fertiliser:
Manure: Chemicals: Tillage: Labour: Bags: Transport to market: Irrigation: Others: Others: Total Expenditure:
Date:
Quantity:
JUNE/JULY $:
COMPOST – May -October • Collect material all year. • Takes up to 50 days. • 8 cu m can fertilise up to half a hectare. • How many piles do you need? 02/17/18
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Peg out the fields – July • High standards. • Permanent lines • Same rows.
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Dig Holes – August -October • Not too early – soil can dry out. • Work back from planting date. • Need 12 labour/days to hole out one hectare • High standards! 02/17/18
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Nutrition – September-November • Fertiliser, Compost, Manure, or even Anthill • Place carefully in holes. • Need 5 labour/days to fertilise one hectare • High standards! • 8 cup fert or 350ml compost/manure 02/17/18
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Planting –November (Good rain) • • • •
High Standards! 3 seeds evenly spaced. Cover well Feet are for walking!
• Need 2 labour/days to plant one hectare 02/17/18
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Top Dressing –December • 3 weeks after emergence • AN, Urea • Chicken soup, Comfrey tea • On upside - Not too close (Cover if you can) • Need 2 labour/days to top dress one hectare 02/17/18
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Thinning –December • 3 weeks after emergence • Thin down to average of 2 plants per planting station. • Remove roots • Need 3 labour/days to thin one hectare 02/17/18
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Pest and disease control – – Growing season • Scout • Stalk borer. • Baits rather than sprays • IPM • Healthy plants 02/17/18
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Harvest –April -June • JOY! • Give thanks to the Lord • Tithe. • Need 4 labour/days to harvest one hectare 02/17/18
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Post Harvest Weeding
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WEEDS! • •
Small Weeds Crop canopy
• LATE WEED CONTROL • Next years land prep FfF
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Training – the duty of the Christian farmer.... • Hosea 4v6 “my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge” • Models – Not just in farming 02/17/18
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Jesus last command – Are we doing it? • Matt 28v18-20 “Make disciples – Go out at train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life” (Msg) 02/17/18
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Training – We benefit too.....! • By training others we also train ourselves into a greater understanding of God’s principles. • Luke 6v38 02/17/18
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Farming (and being a Christian) is for 12 months a year! • Timeliness • Whole heartedness • Work hard with Joy! • Be unselfish and humble - be a part of the rebuild of Africa! 02/17/18
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