To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: African ( and Brazilian) deserts
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:58:05 -0700
Eric,
This was my experience exactly after we had a bobcat pound posts for a fence
around our
property. I will continue to make amends and be fierce in my restoration of
our small
plot.
> When I came to the site after the tractors had begun to be used I had a
> very strong physical reaction to seeing the land torn up. I got very
> anxious, my stomach was in knots and I generally felt bad. All I could
> think was, "Oh, my God! Oh, my God!"
> This was tearing deeper into the land and
> the tractors were heavier and causing a lot of compaction; the compaction
> is still noticeable three and a half years later. It was also at my
> direction. I felt responsible for this injury to the land and had to keep
> telling myself that over time this will all look even more beautiful that
> it was before the tractor work. I have since done virtually all of the
> work on our property by hand.