Our vegatable garden
Almost nine years ago, we bought a small farm with 2,000 square meters of land around it. We try to grow our food there in an environmentally friendly way. We want to live as much as possible from the produce of our own land. We only go to the supermarket for grains, dairy, chips and cookies. We drew our inspiration from a documentary in which an American searches for a gardening method that fits the original design of creation: so-called back-to-Eden gardening. This is an organic method that doesn't use tillage. Instead, you cover the soil with organic matter like compost and wood chips. It saves water and stimulates soil life. As a result, we have a lot of worms, hyphae, and mushrooms in the garden, which provide food for the plants and loosen the soil.
Our idea is that God created a good ecosystem in the beginning, and that we should try to maintain that. Several farmers have received the same revelation from God about agriculture: to stop plowing and cover the soil. Nature does the same thing in the fall. Nature is constantly teaching us how to do things right. In our society, we've lost faith in God, and thus in His design, and think we have to "improve" nature with genetic engineering. But the design is already perfect; we just need to restore it to its original state.
Our vegatable garden
Nature teaches us how to do things
Five years ago, we bought a small farm with 2,000 square meters of land around it. We try to grow our food there in an environmentally friendly way. We want to live as much as possible from the produce of our own land. We only go to the supermarket for grains, dairy, chips, and cookies. We drew our inspiration from a documentary in which an American searches for a gardening method that fits the original design of creation: so-called back-to-Eden gardening. This is an organic method that doesn't use tillage. Instead, you cover the soil with organic matter like compost and wood chips. It saves water and stimulates soil life. As a result, we have a lot of worms, hyphae, and mushrooms in the garden, which provide food for the plants and loosen the soil.
Restoring the Ecosystem
My husband and I wanted to eat healthier, and that requires a different perspective on nature. You have to work with it instead of fighting against it. My idea is that God created a good ecosystem in the beginning, and that we should try to maintain that. Restore. Several farmers have received the same revelation from God about agriculture: to stop plowing and cover the soil. Nature does the same thing in the fall. Nature is constantly teaching us how to do things right. In our society, we've lost faith in God, and thus in His design, and think we have to "improve" nature with genetic engineering. But the design is already perfect; we just need to restore it to its original state.
Our vegetable garden is mainly full of fruits and vegetables. All kinds of cabbage and berries grow there, as well as strawberries, spinach, you name it. The best thing about growing food this way, I think, is the journey of discovery. We also keep bees, by the way, because that's literally "part of it."
My tip: Start small. Buy your food locally, start growing easy vegetables, and save your own vegetable seeds. I once received one pumpkin, saved the seeds, and the following year I had pumpkins for an entire orphanage. (Be aware of pumpkins, by the way.) (Be careful not to cross-pollinate with a gourd, as this can be poisonous.) God wants to provide without us being dependent on large corporations. That's how creation is; it's abundant. It's God's gift to humanity.