On May 11, 2:13*pm, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
"Ed Huntress" fired this volley :

They don't seem to understand the evils of monoculture (see
Irish potato famine) and chemical herbicides and pesticides.

No pesticides, no herbicides, and I only fertilize very lightly once a
year when the guy with the big spreader comes to do my back pastures. *I
dolomite the "yard" once every three years, and leave the rest to nature,
except the mowing.

You can choose to live in a "meadow"(to put a rat-infested weed-patch in
"new-age" speak), and I won't condemn you for it. *So why rale against my
keeping my front yard nice? *

LLoyd

Rat infested? Not around here. There's a balance between the rodent
and feral cat populations. We could use some bigger cats, though. Last
year a rabbit (I think) devoured my basil crop. Left nothing but bare
stems.