Gadens require gardening. Are we up for it?
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I am treating the path -
partial collapse to
lifeboat strategy to
gardenworld
and maybe on to civilization
while dropping cities and lots of population. Plausible.1
The task is to make this as attractive as the path allows for. We all love gardens, from the Garden of Eden and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon through the English garden culture of the 18th century to Central Park in Manhattan. Can we work to make those gardens produce food and attractiveness? At 87 It won’t be me, but how about the 50-year-olds? Working in the gardens? A stretch.
1540s, "acceptable, agreeable; deserving applause or approval" (senses now obsolete), from Latin plausibilis "praiseworthy, pleasing, acceptable," from plaus-, past-participle stem of plaudere "to applaud" (see plaudit). Meaning "having the appearance of truth, apparently right, seemingly worthy of acceptance or approval" is recorded from 1560s; especially "having a specious or superficial appearance of trustworthiness." Related: Plausibly.rom etymology online/
It is very popular with younger generations in their 20’s and 30’s especially in Hawaii. But also elsewhere. See HFUUHU.Org and SlowMoney.org. I did a lot of grant writing and business training. Interestingly and ironically it is very difficult to make a living doing this. Most who are doing this have other incomes. It is really social impact work and I would suggest a form of spiritualism. There is a lot of community and roles for people with special skills (equipment, soil amendments) to serve as consultants. In Hawaii most of the chapters have monthly locavore potlucks. Frequently there is live music and scientific presentations. Search for HFUU in YouTube to get the flavor.
Thanks, Douglass and David, for your posts. With our 12th-year anniversary of thriving in this home and with the mid-term veg gardening plan mostly fulfilled, I spend 2-3 hours each working in the outdoors: the pleasures of harvesting, continued sheet composting, fertilizing the warm-weather crops, and acting on the plan for the fall-winter vegetables. Every now and then, I expand beyond those joyful labors to catch sight of the other creatures who visit or fly over that garden. From that practice, I continue to learn.