Having grown up in the country, I'm the first person to love the natural
environment. On my 2/3 acre yard, I have specifically forbidden any
interference in certain areas, wishing to allow those to stay the way they
grew.

However, I have small children, and as the person in charge of their growth
and good health, I feel an obligation to provide for them the best foods I
can. If this means clearing out a few areas and planting vegetables that
are fresh and free from chemicals, then so be it. My family is better off
for it, and I still get to enjoy the natural landscape in other areas of the
yard.

To think that we can keep the environment exactly as it is and still survive
is unrealistic. Sometimes humans do have to upset the balance enough to
allow edible things to grow for their families.
--S.


"The Cunning Linguist :Þ" wrote in message
...
I have a garden, it is right outside of my house. It is huge, probably 200
acres, and covered in towering trees, lush foliage, and beautiful flora
with
a little creek running through it. My garden is not just something to look
at, it actually supports a riot of life. Deer, possums, raccoons, beaver,
skunks, and woodchucks all call it home and thrive there. The great thing
about my garden is that I can enjoy it every day and I never have to lift
a
finger.
This is the arrogance of gardeners. They take life, force into a pot of
small plot of land, kill everything they don't find desirable, keep the
animals from utilizing it, provide the things it needs to grow- like water
and fertilizer- because they have stolen nature's ability to do it, and
then
brag about "their" prize zinnias and tomatoes. They have not created
anything or made it better. In fact, they have lessened it.
What they accomplish with their toil and their chemicals is a pale
microcosm
of what happens naturally on an enormous scale every day of every year
without the intervention of a single human person. Someone bragging about
the produce of their garden is like someone taking the wheels off of a
Ferrari, nailing them to a board, and bragging about the car they created.
So, gardeners, go dig and cultivate, plant and fertilize, water and weed,
wear the skin off your hands and break you backs to accomplish nothing
more
than growing a small clump of a handful of plants. I shall go out on my
deck
and, without lifting a finger, enjoy the grandeur and glory of the
handiwork
that is the *true* garden.


--
Talesin- The Bad Boy of Witchcraft (tm)

To give Tales his due, he is a talented and able witch. However he is a
negative energy and will show you the "highlights" of a negatively applied
system.

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© 2005 by Talesin- The Bad Boy of Witchcraft. All rights reserved

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 09:03:41 -0600, The Cunning Linguist :Þ wrote:

I have a garden, it is right outside of my house. It is huge, probably 200
acres, and covered in towering trees, lush foliage, and beautiful flora
with a little creek running through it.


Trolls suck....and not in a good way.....

After cutting off all the useless crossposting, I have this to say ...
I live in the High Mojave Desert and I have carved out a small area of
almost useless dirt that didn't grow much more than tumbleweeds and now have
a good number of Iris, Iceplant, and other wild flowers I've gotten to grow.
This year I'm adding a area that'll have morning glorys growing and
blooming, at a time when the rest of the desert is a dead brown in color,
I'll have a splash of green with other colors mixed in. I've even found a
rare desert flower that come up last year and I've gotten it to keep on
growing and have protected it and promoted it's growing.

As far as you, one word ... "TROLL".

"The Cunning Linguist :Þ" wrote in message
...
I have a garden, it is right outside of my house

You have no garden.

Warren wrote:

Paths don't just happen. They have to be made.

Stolen for the sig. file.

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Dirt thrown is ground lost.