I live in the woods, and I've been letting the trees take over for more than 30
years. I've got more square feet of carpet in the living room than I've got
grass in the yard. Does that make me a tree-hugger?
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
> >
> > I've done my bit by just letting the leaves lie in the yard and
> > keeping the lawnmower in the out-back barn.
>
> Neighbor: "Why do you have all these branches and leaves and dead
> plants lying around? Why don't you rake them all up and burn them?"
>
> Me: "It's called 'berming' in Permaculture. While you're raking and
> burning, I'm sitting in that chair on the deck with a nice drink,
> building soil and watching nature take it's course."
>
> (Would 'sloth' by any other name sound so sweet? :-)
>
> :::: News is what powerful people don?t want you to hear; everything
> else is just publicity. -- Bill Moyers ::::
> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.VeggieVanGogh.com> ::::
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