>Robert Hart's forest garden is one I should have mentioned. It is close
>to my ideas too. His gardens are too well planned and too well structured
>for my tastes and I think a bit more randomness will reduce the work required.
>It will, I freely admit, likely reduce the yield per area as well.
>
>==>paul
Hart had only a small area to build his garden in - a small fraction of
your acreage so he didn't have any option but to do it the way he did if he
was to eat. He tried more randomness and found it greatly increased the
workload - I asked him about that when I visited his plot. The difference
between Hart and Fukuoka to my mind is that Hart never suggested to anyone
that they try anything he hadn't tried himself with his own unassisted two
hands over a long period, whilst Fukuoka always had other people doing the
donkey work
kathryn
