You are right Lee. Around my neighborhood, we have small lots, so any spare space will soon be planted with food crops to off set the huge increase in grocery bills. Local and in season crops.
WE do have some issue with the chickens roaming the streets doing "weeding" of our farms. clay On 5 May 2008, at 05:20, Lee Einer wrote: > Mitch Haley wrote: > >> >> When was the last time you heard of somebody clear-cutting land so >> they could grow soybeans and corn? Do these people have any idea how >> much cropland the government is currently paying farmers to not grow >> crops on? Or is that what they mean by "grasslands"? >> >> > Grasslands? I got yer grasslands, right here! > > There are few things more foolish or wasteful than the grass lawn. > > Because a grass lawn is a monoculture with the majority of ecological > niches vacant, it requires a great deal of human effort (and > petrochemicals) to maintain. > > And for what? Every week, the suburbanoids come forth with their > riding > mowers to harvest their grass lawn crop, mowing it down. But they have > no use for what they harvest, it goes into (petrochemical based) > garbage > bags and is sent off to the landfill. > > An outside observer would have to conclude that we are all daft. > > If a whole suburban neighborhood rose up against the tyranny of the > lawn, and planted their yards and medians with a diverse and full > ecosystem with fruit trees and bushes, perennial veggies, grapevines, > and edible groundcovers, how much of their food needs would they meet? > They would probably be only a few chickens and goats away from > complete > food security. > > Lee > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
