For information on the Black Wattle, type in Black Wattle acacia and hit search. There is a bunch of web sites describing it and it's uses. Apparently it is a ...
Further to my questions regarding the sheep manure and grape pressings, your responses made me look deeper into the matter. The most useful resource I found...
One of the main principals of Matsanobu fukuoka's Natural Way of Farming, is that you do nothing. His goals in agriculture were to only provide seeds, and in...
Here in Johnson Co., Texas, a few years ago our local coop water company put us on water rationing. We could only water every 5 days. I panicked immediately...
They were called "oak openings" by early settlers, more accustomed to the thickly wooded landscapes back east. In the 1800s, over 5 million acres of oak...
Dear Fukuokers, Hi all!!! I am new to this group. I just read One Straw Revolution. If anybody knows about anyone who is doing Fukuoka farming in India or if...
... anybody ... anyone ... touch. ... Hello, and Welcome, Srinivas, My names Roberto, I'm not doing any farming in India, I'm in Canada. there was someone...
Hi Roberto, Thanks for your information. Srinivas ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo!...
Hello I'm Carol in Northern New Mexico. I planning to apply many of Fukuoka's farming ideas to 3 acres of virgin, irrigated land in the Espanola Valley. Does...
If you haven't already come across the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (www.crmpi.org) it might be a good place to start, they're at 7000' feet...
Check with SeedsofChange.com. They are located in New Mexico also. The man who began Seeds of Change began by planting daikon radishes into his soil that had...
I haven't been participating in the discussion much of late, but this message caught my attention. How does one go about irrigating land without taking away...
Hello to all, Just recently signed in as a new member and was recently introduced to Natural Farming. Hope to expand my knowledge about natural farming. Roy U....
Organic agriculture is not new, there is currently a proliferation of techniques that go by the label 'organic'. Yet, it is Fukuoka that holds my attention....
I think the scientists don't get it because it seems to be in man's nature to try to improve on nature. I guess man just doesn't get it that Nature did it...
Hello everyone, In response to my email when I stated I had virgin farmland. What I was stating was this land has not been tilled or planted with any crop as...
Somewhat related to Souscayrous' "why fukuoka" question, the Greek derivation of the word 'authentic' speaks to me. Cheerio... Rex ... Date sent: Sun, 10...
... I came into the whole subject from what I imagine is probably a different place than most. I was studying radical environmental politics, such as Earth...
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Robert Monie
bobm20001@...
Feb 12, 2002 11:53 pm
Well, a few good quotes from Fukuoka and Elliot Coleman can certainly clear the air. We need to be farmers (or at least gardeners) and grow things like them,...
Excellent Robert, Hip! Hip! Mr. Fukuoka repeatedly said, do not think too much. Just do it (make seed balls and try natural farming) and nature will teach you...
Hello All, I have just received notice of a new seed ball site in New Zealand. It can be found at: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/sces/seedballnz/ Please...
Isn't that a large part of the problem? We don't listen to nature anymore. Humans I think think they determine nature somehow. People used to listen to...
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Larry Haftl
larry@...
Feb 13, 2002 7:43 pm
... I stumbled on to his ideas while reading about permaculture. I'm not a farmer, or even much of a gardener. At the time I was looking for information that...
I know what you mean I think. Man is a part of Nature, but he has forgotten much of that. To me being a gardener/farmer.....whatever the label.....is my way...
Greetings all; since the discussion of how we all came to Fukuoka's ideas. For me, it was in Vancouver, B.C., where I was having a bit of a catharsis. A bit,...
Please forgive my ignorance here...I am new to gardening, let alone the Fukuoka "way". Would like more information on seed balls. In particular, is there no...
