Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[yarrow@sfo.com]

At 11:43 PM -0400 10/12/07, Liz wrote:
....
> But this isn't anything new. My English grandparents emigrated to
> Canada in 1902 as part of the Barr Colony in western Canada. Most of
> the emigres had no idea what it meant to work the land--they were
> enticed by offers of free land and an easy life on the Canadian
> prairie where soil was rich and anything would grow. Many of them
> brought fine furniture and wardrobes of expensive clothing with them,
> even grand pianos.....

Reminds me of scenes I've seen in movies, such as writer Isak Dinesen 
immigrating to Africa in the movie Out of Africa.