Jeff wrote:
> For the last few years i've been mulching with seedy
> grass and wonder if this helps the soil? It does encourage
> some late spring weeds but they appear just when it is time
> to mulch and get smothered.
> Probably each garden is different and so are the answers.
Yes, probably as many answers as gardens : ) Our weeds start in the late
fall and grow until about this time of year, so they would have too good of
a head start in the garden. (Again, one of our main growing factors is our
pattern of winter rain and summer drought.) In other areas where we want
anything and everything to grow for biomass and soil conditioning, we like
all the seeds.
> True, i didn't connect the above list with motivations. The question
> was: are we motivated by fear to solve world problems or self interest.
Did you find any other types of motivation?
> Moving on to another topic. Your definitions of sustainability
> got me searching for Mollison's statements about energy being
> at the heart of sustainability. I didn't find it and now wonder
> if cultural sustainability can be defined through energy.
Solar budget? When I look into sustainability I see process and
relationships of life and matter . . . which does require energy . . .
Sorry, not much help. Cultural sustainability?
Eric:
