Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["mtncats" <mtncats@myway.com>]

Hi Gwen and all,

Remember that forests change with environment.  Jamestown's coastal and has 
different forest from here, near the Blue Ridge.  Little underbrush here in a 
mature forest.  Um... but what exactly were those Chickahominies riding?

We live in the midst of such a forest.  Large variety of bee-like buzzers, as 
well as other critters.  Greatly enjoyed watching a bear sniffing my van 
Monday while I prepared lunch.  As usual, camera-shy.  No problem with 
cohabitation.  Just gotta observe a few rules, like any society.  

Yippies were militant hippies, an oxymoron, if some of my friends.  Others 
opined it more appropriate without the oxy, just morons.  LOL  

Tom (in central Va) 




 --- On Wed 05/09, elderberryjam wrote in part:
There was an article in the most recent National Geographic about Jamestown. 
According to this article, the continent of North America did not have honey 
bees or night crawlers prior to the Jamestown settlement. It also did not 
have apple or peach trees. The Indians burned the forest underbrush to make 
the forests easier to ride through. They cultivated their vegetables and 
grew them without honey bees.

We take a lot for granted. There are many food sources, and humanity has 
adapted. Many people have lost lives during the adaptation. We just haven't 
witnessed that in our era on this continent. It would be nice if we didn't 
have to. But I sometimes wonder how long such good fortune from forethought 
and organization can last.

Gwen 



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