The simple hearth of the small farm is the true center of our universe.

The final principle of natural farming is NO PESTICIDES. Nature is in perfect balance when left alone.

By raising tall trees for windbreaks, citrus underneath, and a green manure cover down on the surface, I have found a way to take it easy and let the orchard manage itself!

Weeds play an important part in building soil fertility and in balancing the biological community . . .

If we throw mother nature out the window, she comes back in the door with a pitchfork.

I started natural farming after the war with just one small plot, but gradually I acquired additional acreage by taking over surrounding pieces of abandoned land and caring for them by hand.

One thing is all things. To resolve one matter, one must resolve all matters. Changing one thing changes all things. Once I made the decision to sow rice in the fall, I found that I could also stop transplanting, and plowing, and applying chemical fertilizers, and preparing compost, and spraying pesticides.