Battle Creek Gardens is part of the Black Hills Health and Education Center (BHHEC), which is a 501c3 non-profit organization. BHHEC’s mission statement is “exists
to restore mental, physical and spiritual health by promoting and assisting in the development of permanent positive lifestyle choices. At Black Hills Health and Education Center we are convinced that a balanced approach to life that includes all of the eight natural laws of health is imperative. We believe that every person is to be accorded respect and dignity and that the entire person needs to be treated, not just the disease or health challenges they are facing.”
8 Natural Laws of Health – WELLNESS
- Water-Drink at least 8 glasses a day of pure water.
- Exercise – Take aerobic exercise everyday and include strength-building exercise three times a week.
- Life-Giving Air – Breathe deeply of clean air.
- Limits – Participate moderately in those activities that are helpful and abstain from those things that are harmful.
- Nutrition – Eat enough calories to supply your needs from plant based sources that are as much as possible uncontaminated.
- Essential Rest – Get 8 hours sleep every night
- Sunshine – Spend time in the sun
- Stress – Reduce stress in your life and develop healthy responses to stress by trusting in God
We supply BHHEC with a variety of farm fresh vegetables throughout the season. WELLNESS is an easy way to remember these eight principles.
SPADER HAS BEEN PURSHED AND WILL BE DELIVERED JAN. 10th…….praise God!
Because we are a small scale farm we depend on volunteers and donations to help with cost of equipment that are above and beyond what we are able to afford. If anyone is interested in donating money to Battle Creek Gardens we are trying to raise money for a spader. We need to raise ~$10,000 to purchase this equipment that will allow for a superior primary tillage sourse.
“The spader (i.e. digging machine AKA Vangatrici) was designed as a primary tillage tool that could produce results much like those achieved by hand double digging. That is, a loose broken top soil with crop residues and surface applications well mixed so that air and moisture speed the decomposition of vegetation. At the same time breaking up and opening the sub soil admitting air and moisture to increase water holding capacity and improve fertility. The faster deeper rooting of crops increase plant vigor and reduces drought risk and soil temperature fluctuations. The absence of a plow pan allows roots to continue to reach deeper for nutrients they need” (quoted from Ferrari – Tractors C.I.E.”Appropriate Technology for Agriculture”).
If you are interested in donating money to Battle Creek Gardens please mail in donations to:
Battle Creek Gardens
P.O. Box 19
Hermosa, SD
57744
or contact Michelle Lesher @ 605-255-4101 ext 25
Thank You for supporting small scale high diversity farming!
