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  • From: lbsaltzman@aol.com
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Benign Neglect
  • Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:02:28 -0400


I buy some produce from a local fruitstand who deals with a lot of local
organic farmers.  They got in some incredible cherries and the owner of the
stand told me the story connected with them.  They come from an abandoned
orchard. The current owner of the orchard ignores them and does absolutely
nothing. He doesn't prune, weed, fertilize, or spray the trees. They are
totally ignored.  Once a year a crew comes in and picks the cherries.  This
has been going on for twelve years yet with no reduction in quality or the
size of the crop.  There may be a lesson here for a lot of conventional
farmers who manage orchards.

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