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SPIRITUAL STEPS
1. GET CONNECTED TO THE CREATOR
Allow God to reveal himself to you through His creation and His Word.
PHYSICAL STEPS
1. GET CONNECTED TO CREATION
Allow God to reveal himself to you through nature.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. - Psalm 19:1-3
"Go out to where nature has not been disturbed, look at what it is doing and copy it! - Paul Gautschi
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. - Jeremiah 33:3 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6
The ground is a living organism. As all living organisms, God has designed and made it so it is always covered with something. It's all about the covering!
- Paul Gautschi
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If you already have an existing orchard or garden in place: Resist the temptation to till your soil! Simply cover the soil with a covering resource!
Photo (above): How to implement a Back to Eden garden in the Spring.
Paul Gautschi originally applied 3-4 inches of composted wood chips to his garden plot. Paul Gautschi initially applied 12-16 inches of wood chips to his established orchard. HOW TO COVER A BACK TO EDEN GARDEN: 1. For an ideal Back to Eden garden, apply 3-4 sheets of newspaper. 2. Then apply 3-4 inches of organic compost or composted manure. 3. Then an additional 2-4 inches of wood chips or alternative covering on top.
4. If you are implementing the methods in the Spring or Summer, additionally apply a dusting of composted manure for organic fertilizer. WHEN TO COVER A BACK TO EDEN GARDEN: For an ideal Back to Eden garden, cover your garden in the Fall! If you look at creation, nature drops its needles and leaves in the Fall. Note: *If you are using raw wood chips, allow time for them to break down (at least Fall - Winter). You will experience more work fertilizing with organic manure if you wait until the Spring or Summer to apply raw wood chips.
Note: *If you are using composted wood chips that have had time to decay, you may apply and plant in the compost immediately. Note: *If you are using composted wood chips that have been screened, you may apply and plant in them immediately (Paul prefers this method for his home garden).
4. PLANT SEEDS
Then God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yield fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth; and it was so. Genesis 1:11And God said, See, have given you every herb that yield seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Genesis 1:29
4. PLANT SEEDS
WHERE you plant in the wood chips depends on how much they have broken down. If you are planting in a new Back to Eden garden or orchard: If you are using raw wood chips, pull them back and plant in the soil or compost (material below the wood chips). Allow the seeds to come up before pulling the wood chips back around the base of the plant. If you are using compost or screened wood chips, you can plant directly into the composted material. Note: After many years of applying a covering to your garden and/or orchard, you will notice your covering break down and transform the soil beneath. After your first year of using wood chips, you will want to plant just below the surface of your wood chips in this fine grained, slightly compacted, aerated, dark compost that will continue to develop over time.
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
"Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness," - 2 Corinthians 9:10
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I love Genesis, the first chapter, and I love the way it starts.. And God said, fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts; this is what I 1/19/2014 12:53 AM made for your food. - Paul Gautschi
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I love Genesis, the first chapter, and I love the way it starts.. And God said, fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts; this is what I made for your food. - Paul Gautschi
Order Heirloom or open-pollinated seeds. Paul Gautschi's Recommended Heirloom Seed Companies: 1. Pinetree Garden Seeds 2. Johnny's Selected Seeds 3. J.W. Jung Seed Company 4. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Although Paul recommends these heirloom seed companies, we encourage you research an heirloom seed company near you. A local seed company will advise you on what will grow best in your area and what plants are native to your region. After you see what grows best and what varieties you prefer to eat, save your seeds for future planting!
Right in the beginning, in Genesis, God talks about how He created plants, vegetables and fruits that bear seed after their own kind... What that says to you is that once you have this plant or vegetable, you have its future generations in seed form. And its all free! - Paul Gautschi
"You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for so You have prepared it. You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth. You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance." - Psalm 65:9-11
6. WATER
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"He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not
6. WATER
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6. WATER
"He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper." - Psalms 1:3
6. WATER
Water to germinate your seeds and as needed. Watering is only necessary if the compost below the wood chips is dry to the touch.
Here is the incredible thing about God and His design, when there is too much water the wood chips displace it and when there is not enough, the wood chips retain it. - Paul Gautschi
The advantage of harvesting when things are fresh and in season is that you are getting the ultimate food value.
- Paul Gautschi
Overtime, you are getting a higher and higher yield with less and less input. - Paul Gautschi
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