Comments on: Farming in Harmony with Nature
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By Clarity on 09-09-12 @ 6:27 am
Thank you. This is wonderfully hopeful, wise and inspiring.
By Tox on 09-10-12 @ 12:59 am
Thanks for this great article. I’m so happy to read that this is happening in the Flathead.
Let me add that the term “Hugelculture” comes from the German word “Hügel” meaning mound or hill
because of the mounds that are created out of woody debris in the initial stages of this
cultivation technique. It’s a traditional argricultural technique for marginal growing locations
which goes back centuries in Germany and Austria, which was mostly forgotten during the 20th
century and is now being “rediscovered”, and rightly so!
It is also worth noting that the Chinese have been employing a similar technique for
establishing and growing bamboo for millenia. Bamboo is central to Chinese (and Japanese)
culture not only for food, but also for fiber and building materials to make just about anything
imaginablete. Because of the economic, cultural and even spiritual importance of bamboo in these
countries, the art of growing bamboo successfully, even in adverse conditions, has been refined
to an art using a kind of Hügelkultur adapted to the local conditions.
I wish you lots of success in your harmonious, holistic pursuit
to find the ideal balance to grow things well naturally
under local conditions.
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