Incidentally, if you don't have a plague of foxes then you probably don't know that they get into your raised beds and dig GREAT BIG HOLES (looking for something they think is in there to eat, I assume) If you plant small patches for diveristy, they can destroy an entire crop overnight. They also trample things (again, looking for prey) and, as inexpicable as it is, dig tunnels into the little mountain of rock dust we have here. (American wire fence going up around the garden before this coming growing season) -Allan
PS Yes, and they've eaten almost a hundred chickens this year....but if they catch that damned weasel, they might be worth having around! ;-) >>So, the fact is that securing a "bioregional biological >>interelationship" is much harder than it seems at first >>sight. It does not seem you can convince most people >>that every single form of life on Earth should have a fair >>chance to manifest itself and live its destiny. Let alone >>convince them that this is even "profitable"! > >Fernando - I understand what you are saying. What I am hearing from >permaculture people and from some biodynamic people - - from their >experience, btw, and not from conjecture, is, essentially 'build it >and they will come.' I'm assuming that what we will eventually find >out is that the ramifications of the soil foodweb are much broader >than we currently area aware and that when a healthy soil >micorbiology is re-established, it effects the higher animals in >ways that we have not yet quantified. > >I, my friend, have fox troubles. It's hard for me to wish for the >biological solution for foxes (essentially hungry wolves), but I >will not resort to ashinging because ashing 'creates a hole' and >that could not be in my best interest: whether it is filled or goes >unfilled! > >-Allan
