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Soil Revival in Tanzania

I just had to pass on this story of renewal from Tanzania. This is what Farming God’s Way methods do to restore the fertility of the land. After being in Zambia where the soil is dry and dead, it gives me hope for what is possible.

Alan Gardner writes:

“We met this man Martin for the first time on Tuesday. He was introduced to us by a local pastor as a FGW practitioner. When we arrived at his mundu he was waiting for us at the local spaza shop and offered us a coke or some cold water which we declined as we had water with us. He then proceeded to take us on what I thought was a tour of his farm which was in a very sorry state with zero Gods blanket and very poor sun baked soil, however he was in fact showing us his neighbours farm as an introduction. He also showed us a number of near empty wells and reiterated the lack of water. They are at the end of their dry season so all the farms as far as the eye could see were desolate with not a single crop growing.
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“Except for Martin’s. He has about 2000 square meters of some of the worst farm land I have seen on what must be a 30 degree slope. He first showed us his maize field which is in the picture above. As you can see his plants are extremely healthy looking and dark green in colour with no discolouration on the stems. His blanket must be between 300 to 400% thick. His original mundu where he grew his first maize and bean crop and which is currently in rotation with tomatoes, has a permanent peg at every single row. His vegetable mundu is beautifully terraced and he intends planting vetiver grass to stabilise these. I was just blown away by the standards. But thats not all. He is busy building a piggery with 3 stalls and a store room. It is perfectly constructed with plaster on the walls and and beautifully crafted wooden doors and a corrugated iron roof. On the down slope he has dug a holding tank also constructed from his own made bricks and cement. All the manure run off from the pig styes will collect in these tanks and the water overflow runs into his mundu as fertiliser. The manure will be used in his planting stations.

“This man is so excited about what he is doing it is infectious. His house roof is plumbed to collect water which runs into his barbel pond which when it overflows sends nutrient rich water into his field. He has a constant supply of fresh fish. He has just completed a 10 000 liter water holding tank which will be filled under contract from the municipal water line at a fraction of the cost of bottled water and will have a communal supply point to supply good quality water to his community at a very discounted rate. The tank is also at the highest point and will gravity feed a sprinkler system yet to be installed. He uses rice husks to make his own charcoal much cheaper than conventional methods and the ash he uses as lime in his planting stations. He makes his own bricks from the bright orange soil that comes from digging the founfations on the piggery and water holding tank. He intends building a class room adjacent to his home, where he will teach FGW. He is a Vineyard pastor, leading his sheep by example to greener pastures. He told me to stick my hand under the blanket and to grab a fist full of soil, I did and it was moist soft and dark in colour, well on its way to being totally restored. It smelt fresh and loamy, what a contrast to the soil next door. What a shining light this man is to his community.”

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