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"We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it."
--from an essay in "The Long-Legged House""The word agriculture, after all, does not mean "agriscience," much less "agribusiness." It means "cultivation of land." And cultivation is at the root of the sense both of culture and of cult. The ideas of tillage and worship are thus joined in culture. And these words all come from an Indo-European root meaning both "to revolve" and "to dwell." To live, to survive on the earth, to care for the soil, and to worship, all are bound at the root to the idea of a cycle. It is only by understanding the cultural complexity and largeness of the concept of agriculture that we can see the threatening diminishments implied by the term "agribusiness."
"Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating."
--both the above are from essays in "The Art of the Commonplace: Agrarian Essays"Is this so hard to believe?
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Ha. You must be weeks ahead of me. That lake effect thing works for you. I just checked yesterday and no spears in site. Soon though. garlic is getting big.
yum … the asparagus will be ready to eat in no time.
I am envious!
Hmmm. I guess I should be planning a trip down to my mothers in Illinois. The asparagus should be about ready there as well. Yummy.
Then the morell mushrooms. Double yum.
Looks so good… I really may have to plant some of this soon. 🙂
Indeed. Joy!
Meredith, my garlic is getting obnoxious too. I have one set that’s good bulbs and one set that I’ve let naturalize (and so I use the scapes and the greens, and of course green garlic). The “good” set is over a foot tall.
Kate and Burdockboy, I LIKE asparagus, but it doesn’t get my motor running like other garden goodies. It’s their early novelty that gets me. And the hunt, too, for the wild ones. Morels, on the other hand…I think a trip is in order to the burned-out asparagus farm soon (in about a week or so. These are in a raised bed so of course they’re ahead of the game.)
Kim, you should try to grow some. The plants are really beautiful. In this spot in the garden (the center) the fronds grow so tall I have a chair placed below them to have a nice cool place to land. Even though it takes a long time (3 years to picking) and they’re space-hogs, they’ve got lovely red berries and in general are quite beautiful.
And Hank, yes, these little things do make me joyful.
I was thinking of you tonight as I made some asparagus for dinner. I didn’t have anything to do with the production of them, however.
I’d love to grow asparagus but I don’t have the space and I don’t think I can wait that long before I let ’em grow for eatin’.
Ah, man, that’s beautiful…don’t even need to saute that one. Tender, slightly crunchy and sweet. mmmm