Guest guest Posted March 24, 2002 Report Share Posted March 24, 2002 "Dwight Norris" <dnorris >> >>HEALTH TIP: GARDENING GOD'S WAY >> >>As I start to reflect on the subject of organic >>gardening, one of the things that strikes me is the >>similarity between the way God designed our physical bodies >>to receive nutrients, and the way God designed plants to >>receive nutrients. >> >>For instance, God clearly reveals to us in Genesis 1:29 >>that the food He intended for human consumption was to be >>in the LIVING, RAW form. Then when we look at the way God >>intended the foods we were to consume to be grown, it was >>also in the LIVING form, through LIVING soil. >> >>Thus, the very key to a healthy human life is LIVING foods >>grown in LIVING soil. What do I mean by "LIVING" soil? >>Living soil is soil that still has LIVING forms of LIFE >>contained within it--earthworms, microbes, bacteria, etc. >>These LIVING forms of LIFE were designed by God to break >>down the nutrients found in the soil and air into a form >>the plants could readily utilize. >> >>In Genesis chapter 1, God created everything necessary to >>sustain both plant and animal LIFE: oxygen; sunlight and >>warmth; water and moisture; earthworms; microbes; bacteria; >>etc. He also created the LIVING plants and animals >>themselves. >> >>In Genesis 2:8-9 we read: "And the Lord God planted a >>garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he >>had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow >>every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food >>. . . " In Genesis 2:15 we learn: "And the Lord God took >>the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it >>and to keep it." >> >>And though weeds (thorns and thistles) were introduced in >>Genesis 3:18 as a result of the fall, which caused the >>growing of food to be more laborious and difficult, man has >>grown most of his food in a soil teeming with LIFE for the >>past almost 6,000 years . . . that is, up until the >>twentieth century. >> >>It has only been fairly recently, especially since World >>War II, that the chemical industry took over the >>universities through huge financial grants--grants the >>chemical industry agreed to provide the universities if >>they would teach their agricultural students to use >>chemicals in the raising of crops, rather than the organic >>way man had been growing his food for the previous almost >>6,000 years. >> >>The chemical industry was very successful in converting >>farmers to using chemicals because these chemicals produced >>bigger crops, with less blemishes, and less competition >>from fungus and weeds. But the problem was that these >>chemicals also killed the LIFE forces within the soil: >>bacteria, soil microbes, earthworms, etc. Thus the growing >>of our food supply by commercial methods now takes place in >>DEAD soil, rather than LIVING soil. The DEAD soils >>significantly reduced the nutrient content of foods people >>were purchasing and consuming. >> >>About the same time commercial agriculture turned to >>chemicals to fertilize the ground, to kill the bugs, to >>destroy the funguses, and kill the weeds, a gentleman in >>Pennsylvania began encouraging people to not go the >>chemical route, but rather to grow their food organically. >>J. I. Rodale wrote many books and started the publication >>"Organic Gardening," which is still being published to this >>day. It was through his publications and the influence of >>what he had to say that caused me to begin growing my food >>organically almost fifty years ago. Organic Gardening >>magazine has a helpful Web site at >><http://www.organicgardening.com>. >> >>Some years later, I learned that growing food organically >>(without poisons) was not necessarily the ultimate way, >>because though organic food didn't have any poisons used in >>its production, growing organically did not assure that the >>plant, while growing, had available to it all the nutrients >>necessary for it to contain all the nutrients possible. >> >>To solve that dilemma, I learned of the biodynamic >>techniques developed by Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian genius, >>philosopher, and educator, who in the 1920s, noting a >>decline in the nutritive value and yields of crops in >>Europe, traced the cause to the use of the newly introduced >>synthetic, chemical fertilizers and pesticides. These >>fertilizers were not complete and vital meals for the >>plants, but single, physical nutrients in a soluble salt >>form. These chemical fertilizers caused chemical changes in >>the soil, which damaged its structure, killed beneficial >>microbiotic life, and greatly reduced its ability to make >>nutrients already in the air and soil available to plants. >> >>I personally believe that biodynamic gardening is the >>ultimate way to grow our foods because we place into the >>soil all the nutrients the plant can possibly utilize, and >>we provide the soil with the LIFE forms needed to convert >>the nutrients into a useable form. >> >>I recommend what I believe is the most practical book I am >>aware of on the subject of biodynamic gardening. The book >>is titled "HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES" by John Jeavens. It >>is a large 8 1/2 x 11-inch paperback that sells for $16.95 >>plus shipping and handling. >> >>This book tells how a backyard gardener can grow a year's >>supply of fruits and vegetables in less than 200 square >>feet of soil per person, with about 10 minutes a day >>required for upkeep (200 square feet is an area only 10 >>feet wide by 20 feet long). THIS BOOK IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! >>_________ >> > > > _______________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.