In a message dated 5/13/02 5:27:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< On 12 May 02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Precisely wrong... Steve... I'm always leary of emphatic statements. 8-] > biodynamics is about man's interaction with Nature and the > beneficial effect we may choose to have on the wave of the future > that is coming towards us. If what was previously stated is true, > why even plant a seed in the ground. It is all about co-creativity > with Nature and the elementals which guide these processes. The bd > remedies are exactly about interaction and bringing about some > predictability to the future in relation to our work upon the > land...SStorch Delve more deeply into Fukuoka and he isn't saying otherwise albeit from a different culture perspective. Jim Bones' "On a Green Mountain" at http://www.seedball.com/gmmfpa.html sets the opening scene quite nicely. To quote a morsel: Energetically he said, "Most farmers begin by asking, what if I do this or what if I do that, but only dissipate themselves that way. My approach is just the opposite, seek the pleasant, natural way of farming. In order to make the work easier, not harder, I ask, how about not doing this or how about not doing that? By actual practice I finally reached the conclusion there is no need to plow, no need to apply artificial fertilizer, no need to use pesticides at all. Most of the work of farming is created by tampering with Nature which causes negative side effects. Very few agricultural practices are even necessary, just scattering seed, spreading straw on the soil and harvesting." My purpose isn't to preach Fukuoka merely rattle a few skeletons! Cheerio... Rex >> I agree with that approach. I do not necessarily go about things that way. Biodynamics is about putting back more than you take out. By making and using these high powered remedies you can actually improve soil while exploiting it. It is also going to be a way that in the future we may heal and restore large tracts of land to feed people and just grow trees to heal the earth. This gent may have success on his place but what aare we going to do downtown Manhattan to feed all those folks?????? SStorch
