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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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That was very cool, getting a tour of your garden. Sorry it’s in such a depressing state. It’s been raining here for days as well…probably a week or so actually, but the rain has been very light, so I don’t think we’ve gotten nearly as much as you have. With all the terrible flooding in neighboring states we still have much to be thankful for though.
Ang, you’re right, we’re not so bad off as some of our neighbors. We have gotten flooded, though, both on our farm and in our town. Luckily, we personally were prepared for it. And my attitude toward the garden has always been that anything I do get out of it is a gift. I’m sad about the losses, but I am sanguine about it all, too.
It’s very impressive. You are brave and, well, sanguine about it all.
Happy eating.
I love seeing your garden like this. Because mine is on a slope, I could never panorama it like you did. Fun!
(btw… James was mega-impressed by your tidiness and structures. We likey very muchly. 🙂
CC: this is what happens when you let your passions run amok. Watch out, lady!
Liz: Tell your hubby thanks. I can’t help building things! And yeah it is mostly tidy. If it wasn’t, it would overwhelm. (Plus, I’m a big fan of mulch and crowding my plants, therefore, weeds don’t get much of a foothold.)
What little I have seen of YOUR gardens, though, is just as impressive! I can just imagine your garden on a slope running south in your little pocket.