Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

One misconception that I am only now clearing up is that it is not possible to provide an adequate diet from a vegetable garden.  We were taught that meat, or at least grain or dairy products are necessary for a healthy diet.  If you are still dependent on the agribusiness complex for those items, why bother with intensive gardening?

 

If, on the other hand, you can, by gardening, provide a complete and healthy diet with only fruits and vegetables, then intensive gardening is suddenly a lot more important.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: TradingPostPaul

To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:08 PM

Subject: [Livingontheland] popular misconceptions

Here's something I want to throw out for comment. What popular
misconceptions keep gardeners from trying permanent beds, mulching, and
intensive or mixed planting?


paul tradingpost@lobo.net

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all
our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to
foster its renewal is our only hope.
   - Wendell Berry



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