Everything God does is done to high standards. His standards of excellence were first demonstrated in creation in Genesis chapter 1, where He created and then examined His own workmanship and proclaimed that it was good. 

• Three equal portions 

• Permanent pegs after every 10th row 

• Measuring ropes - straight rows and accurate spacing 

• Holes - spacing of 60 by 75, depth according to input 

• Maize planting - 3 seeds in row across bottom of hole 

• Population density of 44,444 maize plants, after thinning 

• Furrows – 10cm deep in straight lines 

• Bean planting – 10cm apart in 75cm rows 

• Keeping farms weed free throughout the year 

• 100% surface coverage with God’s Blanket that is 2.5cm thick 

• Accurate sowing of available inputs 

Reasons for permanence - planting in the same area year after year: 

• Left over nutrients from last year’s crop can be easily accessed by the next crop 

• pH improvement in the 75cm planting line 

• Soil texture gets softer and easier to work 

• Decomposed roots from previous crops improve soil fertility and leave channels for easy root growth and improved water penetration 

• Compaction from feet or implements only occurs between rows 

• Minimal soil disturbance between plants reduces weed emergence 

Each measure of excellent standards is there for our good and not for perfection sake. They have been carefully selected to make sure that farms will make sustainable profits. 

Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,”