here’s something interesting Malcolm Beck said when he was being interviewed by Graeme Sait:

If the weed is a true weed, then it will gradually disappear when you balance the soil. However, in Texas we have a forage crop that’s our biggest weed. It’s called Johnsongrass. It’s a high protein forage crop. The richer you make the soil, the better it g... See more

if we were to grow food by working with nature, including returning all organic matter (such as straw from grains) back to the soil,

Every so often I read

Masanobu Fukuoka’s

The One-Straw Revolution

to remind myself I sometimes have very little idea of what I’m doing in my garden – and my life.

In some ways it’s a troubling reminder while in other ways it’s quite freeing.

Troubling because I teach gardening so I’m supposed to know some things about that, and because I live my own... See more