Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Doug Willhite <drwillhite@earthlink.net>]

There are some cool (informative) conversations going on on this here  
list-serve! :)  Honestly, most of the time I haven't got the time to  
jump in and voice my two-cents worth... but I want to add a couple  
thoughts to the thread about the spirituality of plants:

Some indigenous shamans say that the plants are higher than the  
animals (including us) in the hierarchy of nature. They say that the  
plants created animals to help spread their seeds around.

I always talk to the trees, the wildlife, the plants, our livestock,  
even insects... :)  I listen intently for their answers too. I often  
touch them appreciatively... we have a big, buck, billy goat that I  
sometimes do back massages on...

Other guys in the neighborhood are always joking around, putting each  
other down by calling each other "tree-hugger." I say to them: "I've  
gotta go now. I've got some trees that need hugging!"

doug

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