tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post8386459190500053455..comments2023-06-29T13:58:19.217-05:00Comments on ecological gardening: A Day in the CountryAdrian Ayres Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113736647775970126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-50644728007672964382010-05-05T00:18:56.399-05:002010-05-05T00:18:56.399-05:00Thank you for doing this good work. I'll bet t...Thank you for doing this good work. I'll bet the birds and tiny critters thank you, too.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-53264208736569886602010-05-04T14:24:19.302-05:002010-05-04T14:24:19.302-05:00Benjamin and Elephant's Eye,
Thanks for stoppi...Benjamin and Elephant's Eye,<br />Thanks for stopping by. <br /><br />Must farmers and native plants always be at odds? I guess partly it's how you define weeds.Adrian Ayres Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057583835126786240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-23851110912014599832010-05-03T16:05:39.701-05:002010-05-03T16:05:39.701-05:00People come up the West Coast and to Namaqualand t...People come up the West Coast and to Namaqualand to see the spring flowers. And the municipalities and farmers make their contribution, by mowing or burning the verges. Must be clean and tidy. And it is a fire hazard because of all those cigarette butts.<br /><br />Sometimes there is a little cluster of bushes where it is too steep or stony or damp to plant crops.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-27668922431140060142010-04-29T21:32:38.047-05:002010-04-29T21:32:38.047-05:00Prairie rows! My god yes! And why can't highwa...Prairie rows! My god yes! And why can't highway medians and sides be native prairie plantings? Nebraska started doing this a little, but just to cut down on mowing expenses (those sneaks).Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-8299515587798064752010-04-29T21:07:21.681-05:002010-04-29T21:07:21.681-05:00Thanks for your comments, Judy. I do agree that in...Thanks for your comments, Judy. I do agree that in some ways reconciliation ecology is a way of recovering old knowledge that has been mislaid and combining it with new knowledge.Adrian Ayres Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057583835126786240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924014047319573263.post-59059918434656099332010-04-29T18:15:03.501-05:002010-04-29T18:15:03.501-05:00Thanks for this intriguing report, Adrian. I'...Thanks for this intriguing report, Adrian. I'm deeply grateful to ECC for taking on this hard work and for sharing your great ideas and expertise. I haven't viewed the Mills property yet and am itching to. The prospect of returning to ILYM always fills my heart with yearning, like returning to one's ancestral home. It just occurred to me that this may be another way to think aboutJudy E.noreply@blogger.com