What is your definition of a natural environment, and how is it that there
"is none and hasn't been for the past 1000 years"?
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, kathryn marsh wrote:
> >In the first week of October, 1995, I was in Maine among people who live a
> >bit simpler while still participating in the local community. I wanted to
> >join. While saving for land, I have looked at other areas nearer me (in
> >Ohio) and other states, but Maine still has a great combination of community
> >value.
> >
> >Closing on 7 acres there will be October 20. This is a slice off a 28-acre
> >farm. The neighbors won't be out on lawn tractors every weekend. The
> >location (town and neighborhood) is great.
> >
> >Now my problem: it's 95% wooded. There isn't a clearing large enough for
> >letting much sun on a cottage. So I sit here in Ohio worrying about the
> >first violent imposition of my ideas on a healthy spot of forrest. This
> >is not land that needs a helping hand from the likes of me.
> >
> >I know I can build slowly enough to use materials from an acre clearing,
> >but I fear that making the clearing is just the first compromise that will
> >lead me to other non-ecological expediencies.
> >
> >Anyone else face this or similar questions? This could be simple cold
> >feet, but it could also be my concience warning that the land isn't
> >waiting for my "improvements".
> >
> >Dave Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] At home.
>
> Dave
>
> There is no such thing as a natural environment anywhere in Maine or
> Ohio and hasn't been for the last thousand years. Whatever you do to
> the land isn't improvement or damage, it is change (or you are on the
> wrong list).
>
> With seven wooded acres you can do things that add to the diversity
> that is there for you, the forest, and its inhabitants. If you make
> an acre clearing then a huge variety of species can move in that
> don't live in the forest. But an acre is a big, big clearing. Why not
> a quarter acre? Quite enough for a house and a fair bit of food. Why
> not another quarter acre somewhere else - with linked cleared way to
> make a place for the new plants and animals to move along. Don't make
> huge changes but feel your way gradually into the land. On seven
> acres you could build a cabin in the woods without clearing anything
> much and just see what developes.
>
> Enjoy
>
> kathryn
>
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