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

Of course, I have made mistakes . . . just as every grower does. However, I never really think of them as mistakes!

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

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

People should relate to nature as birds do. Birds don't run around carefully preparing fields, planting seeds, and harvesting food. They don't create anything . . . they just receive what is there for them with a humble and grateful heart.

The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.

Straw mulch, a ground cover of white clover interplanted with the crops, and temporary flooding all provide effective weed control in my fields.