Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

Let's come back down to earth, ok? 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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On 4/3/2007 at 12:43 PM Martin Naylor wrote:

>May be you can sue them for an unethical immoral unsustainable life and
>for there failure to provide safe and secure shelter [requirement of the
>UN], due to the lifestyle they recommend they have knowingly created
>Global Warming see the United Nations report on global warming released
>this Friday
>  May be class action will be necessary.
>  Martin
>
>ernieyacub@gmail.com wrote:
>  i rent a house on a large corner lot which had a small garden in the 
>back and lots of grass most of which i have gradually turned into food 
>gardens by covering the grass with cardboard, paper and leaves - the 
>worms did the rest.
>
>the other thing i've been doing is harvesting and eating the naturals 
>like dandelions and clover - had my first dandelion/kale salad yesterday 
>and will soon be gathering dandelion heads in the morning for fritters - 
>1cup chopped heads (careful not to get too much stem) to 1 cup flour - 
>sometimes sweet with apple or blueberries from last year or savory with 
>garlic/chives/kale etc.
>
>the main problem has been complaints from a couple of neighbours about 
>the messy look and the "weeds" - i've been having discussions and 
>negotiations with the bylaw enforcement people somewhat successfully - i 
>do a little clean up and get to continue doing it my way.
>
>what they consider to be weeds, i use as food, and since i'm on a very 
>modest pension, i need to grow my own food - besides, there are numerous 
>other critters that need the flowers and seeds that "weeds" produce.
>
>and of course all the wonderful things they do in the ground and in the
>air.
>
>ernie on the north wet coast of turtle island
>aka komoux, brutish kolumbia
>