The Soil: A Gift from Nature

摘要

Some 2000 years ago a handful of Roman writers, themselves skilful farmers, championed the soil as the foundation of a farm's success. This insight remains true today and has guided my own approach to the soil. For about 30 years I have tended a large vegetable garden and a small orchard of fruit trees. From the outset I have followed the Roman precepts of working with nature, not against it. This insight cannot be more urgent than today, when all of us are struggling with finite resources.