Re: [ecopath] knowledgable efficient farmer

[kathryn marsh]

>> >speak to the conditions of your garden. Who was it who said that the best
>> >fertilizer is the footsteps of the gardener?
>
>I heard it as "The best fertilizer is the farmer's shadow" and that it came
>from China.  Maybe this will help avoid unnecessary trampling.
>
>Eric:

As the farmers foot it was around in the UK in the sixteenth century (Tusser)

kathryn