Farming Project

We are praying that through this project we will provide a sense of hope and purpose for many of Tsushima youth by giving them an opportunity to work close to nature and experience God through nature.

April 2019

We were allowed to use some land for free for the project. When we started, we had only very basic equipment to clear the land and all of it had to be done by hand.

Praise God that He provided help for us through an elderly farmer in our community. Read more about it here.

Land before clearing. We were able to use 10A of farmland from our neighbor for free. 1A = 100 ㎡. 10A is around 1,400 square yards Our goal is 30A (4,000 square yards).

But there were some challenges. First, this farmland has not been used in over 20 years so we have to remove all the Imperata cylindrica roots which is very hard work to do by hand. We need to get rid of them in order to cultivate the land, but these roots are very strong. Therefore, having a tractor to till the soil after cutting the grasses is necessary.

Hand tools used to clear the land.

Land after clearing by hand. Recently we cut the grasses to prepare for cultivating. I tried to use our hand tools to till the soil, but we found the roots are very deep under the ground. We have to repeatedly dig many times to completely get rid of them before planting vegetables or fruit. If we left them, they will quickly regrow and kill off our good plants.

Imperata cylindrica roots. These are Imperata cylindrica roots. If we leave them under the ground, they will come up again and it become very difficult, after planting fruits and vegetable to remove them. So our first goal is to get rid of them completely and make good soil by using a tractor and organic manure.

If we had a tractor, we would be able to remove and kill all these roots making it much faster and easier to begin preparing the soil. We are praying that God provides a tractor to cultivate the farmland (all 4000 square yards) so we can start the project.

Working on a small plot to remove roots

Grape vine seedlings. We have now also prepared nursery grape vines to plant. We pray they will grow well and hopefully be ready for the agricultural program soon.

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