Common man and common purposes have relied on the same things for thousands of years. Food and water, clothing and shelter, all of these things derive from the soil and nothing can exist without it. Without a doubt we have forgotten that the most simple of all the commodities we have taken for granted. This is the very thing that we are destroying today. Soil has always been in the most abundant supply and when left alone would replenish itself without any assistance from man. We had to work overtime to abuse it to the point that we now have to replenish it to it's natural condition.
When? You ask, did we first realize that we were creating this problem? I don't know that we still fully understand it to this day. The fact is, until you can't afford something you really don't understand it' loss. Example; When, we lose the ability to place a seed in the ground to grow a nourishing form of food, at this exact moment we have reached the first stage of non-self-sufficiency. Most Americans are at that point right now. 90 % of people rely on a synthetic means of growing food by an artificially produced plant in a artificial environment. Soil only remains healthy when it is used for the purpose it was created for. It goes through natural stages in which recycle bacterial and enzymatic growth for plants. What is produced or harvested are essential as nutrients and unless we think that all vitamins come from pills we are in for a rude awakening.
Now, getting to the root of things. I'd really like to discuss this very specifically. On this subject there is nothing that can be more effective than what the root is doing when pushing through the soil. When the soil is healthy, only good things happen. First, the plant is growing and is withstanding the elements from a structural standpoint. The minerals in the soil are being absorbed from contact with the ecto-digestive secretions and enzymatic release that naturally help to balance (ph) (when needed.) Bacteria provide fuel to the plant thru the digestive remains of plant and insect matter in exchange for oxygen & sugar chelating derived from the plant. This is perfect harmony, a dance of motion. It may not be poetry to some but to nature it is perfect balance.
The average home owner spends a yearly amount on their yard for upkeep and maintenance, not including mowing and edging of about $850.00 to $1200.00 depending on economic situations. The resale value of homes depends heavily on the upkeep of the neighborhood and landscaping. We are extremely dependant on what the advertisers tell us and are led about by our pocket books. It is amazing how for we will be taken off course until will can't find our way back home. Do you get my drift? What if, by some simplistic approach we were to find some direction without a magic bean? It's possible and it's affordable.
Children are the best students when introducing this concept only because it is acceptable fun. Adult sometime look at it as work and it is. I look at it as therapeutic and somewhat spiritual balance. I never was a Hippy but probably have evolved. I want money still. So call me. Text me. E-mail me. Blog me Set up seminars or beer parties and I will attempt to come if God will allow
Great article!
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