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

There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song

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

One of the most important discoveries I made in those early years was that to succeed at natural farming, you have to get rid of your expectations. Such "products" of the mind are often incorrect or unrealistic . . . and can lead you to think you've made a mistake if they're not met.

Gradually I came to realize that the process of saving the desert of the human heart and revegetating the actual desert is actually the same thing.

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

Natural farming is just farming, nothing more. You don't have to be a spiritually oriented person to practice my methods.