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Farming God’s Way

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Permanent Hole & Furrow Layout
Peg 1 Permanent Peg 2
60 cm interval Teren rope
Paper Square

Hole Soil heap downslope


75 cm Row
interval
Slope
Rows across the slope
75 cm Row
interval
Mark holes 60cm by 75cm 75 cm Stick Place a heaped table- Place 350-500ml cup of
Dig holes 15cm deep for 75 cm Stick Furrows f or beans, cowpeas, sorghum, groundnuts etc spoon of woodash or a manure/compost/anthill
manure/compost/anthill or Peg teaspoon of lime in the soil or 12ml tablespoon
8cm for fertilizer. Soil Peg bottom of each hole. of DAP/NPK fertilizer in
heap on downslope side. Furrow heap downslope Downslope the bottom of each hole.
rope
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Cover with 3cm of Select quality seeds. Plant At 2-3 weeks or 20cm Topdress with Urea/CAN Ensure God’s Blanket is Keep lands weed free
soil leaving a 5cm or 3 seeds/hole 5cm deep in tall, thin to an average when plants are 30cm tall 2.5cm thick & evenly throughout the year by
matchbox depth for an evenly spaced line of 2 seedlings/hole or & again before tassling. spread over the field. cutting off 1 inch weeds
planting & wait for the across the row. Cover the 6 seedlings per 3 holes. Place 5ml teaspoon 10cm Remember this years at the soil surface.
rains. seed closing the holes on the upslope side of each crop residues will be 1 year of poor weeding =
level using remaining soil. hole and cover with soil. next years blanket. 7 years problems.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Psalm 37:3

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