vari，<br > envi<br > men <br > One day I wok(" up t.o the {act that I v~ a~-~ an organic gardcnc~<br > without l<nowin.~ iL I h，.ld been for ycar~; for nw ht，d~and<br > and 1 had bccn farmil/g ar， d ~，~ardcl~ ~g ac~，dil ~g to old<br >， Vctn~ont prh~ciples ol: respect fo~ 11~ la~d ~，nd ~tw world oi<br >/ naiule. Wc did things in ways that meant rct，.lrnin4 wh，lt<br > ( we took away {tom the soil， and lcfrail~in~ flora upset/ ~?，<br >i the balance. In the toolh~)u~，c wc Mu] some Boldcaux mixturu<br > ， ，l~d Black Leaf 40 for pc~>t deterrcnl， but ~ ，. <t ncvc~ used H~.cm<br >l CX(( I>[ V( F; OCLdSi()ll~lllV iOF ~;OnlC 1 /OFlllOkl!; illV，tSiOll<br > ~i~，LlalI on ，~n cxot.ic pi.~nt that didn t bc[~)lG in :clnlo~lt，<br >，，， anv;v，~，. Y ll~LIg}~ wc did ~u_~t systematically lnakc ~.olnp~d<br >~" piic.~， ~vc did put all our ol~aJ~，i~ rc~idut，~ ~n~ the lar~d， bu~，~u~c<br >" that ~ ~l~; our fi Ll4al %/ankcc habit. I._ ~;g411i~ ~;ardclwr~ at， n~ <br >K<br > r~ ithc~ poi~o~ t~ KiJl pu~4s aI~d weed> n~，r pIcmtx~d <lu mi<br >L cal Ik ，~ilizcr.~. II yuu arc a~ o~b~ani~ :~arSui~ur. L~u rely o~<br >~，， tJ~r lmiu~ai ~ (h. t， ~f ~_ontr~] 4mi the nat~.ir，:I J( IiiJixuFs [h，~l<br > ~me troi~ the d(，doml;)o~ition a，~d ;l~il~ci，lIiz4]iol~ ~)t ol~.tdni~<br > ()vr farm at thaIiime wa~，varicd -with ~n o~ha~d<br > I，. ic， hen ards there. I.~i~4 ba~]~ ~，e cral ~，~rdcn>， bcr; <br > p，，.t~hc ~， hccigc~， a ru，~ni~!4 brook， a ~lwamp， aI~d Iic Idy， bc<br > ond slFetc ]ring to pa.qurcs or， ~he iov， er dopes oJ a wo~)dcd<br > crm<)nt mountain， The，re wa，.~ ~) mo:1oc~ilUir(~ ，IIl. ~ ]II. It .<br > t~tlt V~C did have a lot ~)~ ~hickcn~. With varictv like tim/<br > there i.~ an cntiFe populat，on of ~miure ，; control~ ali，，x， 4~J<br > working all the time in the air， around the pJam~， in lhr<br > soil， and in the healthy in~crchangu of nutrients aud amibi<br > otic% in SOILItioi~ in thc watc r of the . ，oil. Khc soil ~，/ru~lu~(: <br > and the soil solution， t know now， were conl.inuallv rcplcl~-<br > ishcd by the organic matter put out on the ground trom Ihc<br > henhouses， the vegeL~ble garbage， the mown gras~， the au<br > tumn leaves， and the weeds we threw out. VVe had pJenty<br > of wasps， bees， ladvbu~s， a {ew pravin~ mm~tises， and many<br >