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Humanity carries a burden of great responsibility for this beautiful planet. It might be impossible for man, in his mortal state, to live in perfect harmony with nature but, as individuals, we must never stop trying. Yet who knows, if by unlocking the mysteries of her bosom the children of earth might not perish in ignorance?
I feel honored to share what I believe to be the best most holistic gardening method superior in every way that matters. less work, less water, more nutrition, more abundance, the future of food is in a great stage of awakening. I am going to share a most exciting gardening secret along with my simple gardening techniques so you too can successfully grow an wildly productive organic nutrient dense food garden with as little effort as possible. Doing this requires key principles of life to be balanced.
but first, an intro…
I grew up working hard. My father always had a BIG garden and we practically grew enough food for the entire neighborhood. Each year we repeated tasks like plowing, furrowing, seeding, watering, harvesting etc. Gifting produce to neighbors so as to not let it go to waste was a common chore.
As a young father I saw that my boys were more accustom to picking up their rooms than picking garden weeds and even that wasn’t done well. On top of that, electronics had somehow made a presence in our lives. At the time, I found myself standing on my balcony pondering over a sad little vegetable garden. I had a large desire to expose my children to self sufficiency similar to how I was raised but I had just a small property and an even smaller garden. I felt I was failing them. My garden wasn’t producing well but I also didn’t know what I was doing wrong. Buried in ignorance, I held the assumption that poor soil only improved after years of tilling in amendments. At the present I had hard compact soil that grew better weeds than anything else. It would be some time yet before I understood that weeds were natures healthy way of responding to stress and illness.
I was confused by most conventional gardening methods. They didn’t feel right or natural. Plants should grow on their own but it would seem that humans are cursed to micromanage this task. I never took time to challenge these ideas though because In Genesis 3:19 God allegedly cursed Adam that only by “the sweat of his face he should eat bread.” In my mind the argument was settled. Farming was HARD WORK and scientists were making it easier. If you believe you are already doomed, what more is there to question? From this perspective, large scale farming with its massive combines, automated GPS, endless pivots, engineered seed and advanced chemical science looks a lot like salvation from Adam’s curse. Considering the rate our nation is becoming increasingly dependent on import fertilizer while soils are eroding, nothing is could be further from the truth. Now with major illnesses and diseases being linked to poor food nutrition. Some are asking questions. Some including myself have even begun asking the right ones.
My father always amended his dirt by tilling in manure. This is an ancient practice. It is a small step up from commercial farming but still a long way from natures holistic method. I grew very familiar with beautiful dark soil. I later learned my dad had inherited a field of perfect loam soil unique to our area. The empty field just across the street was pulverized granite rock. I know because as a kid I tried digging in it. Now that I was grown with my own home, I had apparently inherited dry hard clay.
That day on my balcony, however, everything was different. I had experienced a mighty stirring inside me. I had just stumbled across a documentary called Back To Eden Gardening by Dana and Sarah Films. It cut me right to the very center of my core. I was enthralled by the music and the message and I began raving to my wife about this strange gardening technique that was unlike anything I had ever before seen or heard. I was buzzing with excitement. The documentary was about a man named Paul who grew vegetables in woodchips. He never tilled or watered yet his massive vegetables topped the charts in juiciness and flavor. Each year he simply laid down whatever mulch he could haul in. I was stunned! Not because it all made perfect sense (because it didn’t) but because this man who had access to very little water developed his method out of desperation. I was in awe because he turned to nature for inspiration, heard God speak to him and tried to garden after observing natures ways. I judged this Paul to be a good honest man and felt a message tell me “this is what you need to know right now''. For the first time in my life I considered that nature should be my only gardening instructor. Why not learn from the best? The message is simple, we are doing it wrong and should take a second look. Actually, we are going to need to keep looking for a while.
The globe, with all its diversity of life, is a completely self sufficient ecosystem. Life thrives all on its own without man overseeing it. The only outside resource sustaining our global ecosystem is sunlight. This simple but profound concept is easily overlooked. Perhaps science and technology has lead man to supposes himself superior to nature?