Life On A Small Farm Might Seem

Since I Turned The Fields Back To Their Natural State, I Can't Say I've Had Any Really Difficult Problems With Insects Or Disease.

Speaking Biologically, Fruit In A Slightly Shriveled State Is Holding Its Respiration And Energy Consumption Down To The Lowest Possible Level. It Is Like A Person In Meditation: His Metabolism, Respiration, And Calorie Consumption Reach An Extremely Low Level. Even If He Fasts, The Energy Within The Body Will Be Conserved. In The Same Way, When Mandarin Oranges Grow Wrinkled, When Fruit Shrivels, When Vegetables Wilt, They Are In The State That Will Preserve Their Food Value For The Longest Possible Time.

In My Opinion, If 100% Of The People Were Farming It Would Be Ideal. If Each Person Were Given One Quarter-acre, That Is 1 1/4 Acres To A Family Of Five, That Would Be More Than Enough Land To Support The Family For The Whole Year. If Natural Farming Were Practiced, A Farmer Would Also Have Plenty Of Time For Leisure And Social Activities Within The Village Community. I Think This Is The Most Direct Path Toward Making This Country A Happy, Pleasant Land.

If A Farmer Does Abandon His Or Her "tame" Fields Completely To Nature, Mistakes And Destruction Are Inevitable.

The Real Path To Natural Farming Requires That A Person Know What Unaltered Nature Is, So That He Or She Can Instinctively Understand What Needs To Be Done - And What Must Not Be Done - To Work In Harmony With Its Processes.