Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

I might add, with some specialization of labor we can depend on neighbors
for certain items we don't grow or  can't produce where we are. Intensive
is justified simply by the need to produce as much as possible with the
lowest inputs and labor.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 2/2/2007 at 2:31 PM E. E. Mitchamore Jr wrote:

>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? 
>
>