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THE EARTH BREATHES

All things – not just animals but plants and minerals as well – breathe. In fact, the planet Earth itself breathes, as I shall now explain. Earth breathes once a year. Exhalation begins in the spring and reaches its climax in the summer. The exhaled breath of the Earth, like that of human beings, is […]

DAMAGE FROM TYPHOONS AND FLOODS

Both the governmental and the private sectors are anxious to do something to prevent the ever-increasing crop damage caused by typhoons and floods. Proper preventive measures would require enormous expenditure, and for the moment one has to be content with stopgaps. Nevertheless, so long as great losses are incurred each year, action of some kind […]

RAISING TANGERINES FOR FORTY YEARS THROUGH NATURAL FARMING

Not long ago, a member of our organization gave me tangerines from a tree he has been cultivating for forty years without the use of fertilizers. I ate some at once and can say I have never found anything so delicious. Fellow believers often give me naturally cultivated fruits and vegetables that, though certainly more […]

HOME VEGETABLE GARDENS

So far, I have directed my explanations largely at people who farm for a living, but I would like to conclude with some words on the domestic garden. With nature farming, the method is clean and sanitary, and crops are surprisingly good, abundant, and flavorful. There is no need to worry about damage from insects […]

INSECT PESTS

The three greatest burdens on the agricultural community in recent times have been the high cost of fertilizers, insect pests, and damage from wind and storm. I have already dealt adequately with the topic of fertilizer, and would now like to speak in detail about insect pests. Harmful insects breed because of fertilizers, which pollute […]

NATURE FARMING – PREFACE

To explain nature farming in terms of fundamental theory, I must begin with a discussion of the nature of soil. The Creator made soil for the cultivation of grains and other vegetables essential to the support of life. Consequently, the essence of soil is a mystery far beyond the complete comprehension of modern materialistic science. […]