Volume 13, Number
1
March 5, 2010
The Farmer
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Gardening for
Survival
By Dr. Ridgely Abdul Mu’min Muhammad
This is the year to dig up that backyard or build up some raised beds
and plant you a survival garden. On February 28, 2010 the Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan warned those of us who live in the cities that what we have seen
in Haiti and Chile will soon be coming to America. He warned that there would be
devastating earthquakes and the continuation of “unusual weather”. As a
farmer I do not like “unusual weather” because I understand the thin line
between making a crop and losing a crop just from a slight variance from the
norm in terms of rain or temperature. One night of unusually cold weather can
wipe out a crop. A few days of unusually wet weather at planting time can
prevent whole sections of the country from planting a crop. A few days of
unusually wet weather can prevent the harvesting of crops for a whole section of
the country. A long stretch of unusually dry weather can bring a farmer’s
crops to their knees and leave a whole section of the country scorched as if a
bomb was dropped from the sky.
Although the backyard garden and a deep freezer in the basement were common
fixtures at our parents‘ homes, the modern urban dweller disdains getting
their hands dirty and acts like they do not understand what it means to pick up
a shovel or spade and grow a few items for themselves. I do not have to go into
detail about how to set up your garden because we have done so in detail at
MuhammadFarms.com under the title http://muhammadfarms.com/Backyard_Gardening.htm.
We do not have to go into detail about why we should put in a garden or explain
the science behind gardening because we have already done so in a series of
articles listed on the “Farmers Newsletter” (http://muhammadfarms.com/The%20Farmer%20Newsletter.htm).
Below is a list of the articles we feel will best help you to understand why and
how to get started:
Paradise is a Garden
The Sun in your Garden
Getting "Grounded"
The Faith of Seeds
Searching for that "Weed Fairy"
Farming for Life
Grow now or forever hold your peace
The Science and Business of Farming vs. the Art and Hobby of Gardening: Part
I
After reading all of this information and you still need some one to help
with your garden, go to MuhammadFarms.com and click on the “Ministry of
Agriculture Resource List” (http://muhammadfarms.com/MOA%20FMC%20list.htm)
and pick one of our experts on the “Farming and Gardening” committee to be
your mentor in your quest to prepare yourself and family for what is to come. We
also have a DVD of the workshop we hosted at Muhammad Farms in 2007 where we had
experts to demonstrate how to set up your garden. We have also just completed a
book or manual entitled “The Science and Business of Farming vs. the Art and
Hobby of Gardening” which is a complete “how to” book on both gardening
and farming. You may order this book and other works by yours truly, Dr. Ridgely
A. Mu’min, by going to http://muhammadfarms.com/Works.htm
and printing out an order form.
We would like to thank the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan for the clear
delivery of The Message over the years and most assuredly on February 28, 2010.
It seems that some of us who have heard his warnings have responded ever so
slowly as if we were still “dead”. Now we musk ask, are we the Nation of
Islam or are we still the lost Tribes of Shabazz dominated by our “brown germ”?
I hear the Bible misquoted so often when it comes to what Jesus reportedly said
to the Jews of his time. Many speakers say that he said, “And ye shall know
the truth and the truth shall set you free.” My King James Version of
the Bible reads for John 8:32, “And ye shall know the truth and the truth
shall make you free.” This is how I interpret this “make” thing.
The black people of America were once held in physical bondage from 1555 to
1865. Since 1865 black people have been in a type of mental bondage due to
ignorance and fear. God can not remove “fear” from your heart. Your own
faith must render you that service. However, God can provide us with the
knowledge that will pull us out of ignorance if we choose to believe. Therefore
God has fulfilled His promise to the human race when He has given that truth
that should remove this spell of darkness from over our minds. So when we hear
that “truth”, we are “made” free at that exact moment. You are now free
to choose which direction you will travel. You are now “free” to act like a
free and independent child of God or you can choose to remain a victim of your
400 year old oppressor. It is all up to you.
You are “free” and death is coming. What will you do? Prepare yourself
for the “Time and what must be done”, as Minister Farrakhan is so eloquently
expressing, or just run around like a wild hog and seek cover only after the
drenching rain hits your back? It is a shame that after all these years of
oppression we must suffer the consequences that were stored up for our
oppressors, because we will not separate and heed the words of The Messenger of
Allah.