Complimentary Blueberry Juice

These two photos really sum up the difference between “natural” systems and systems that have been disturbed via human activity for the purposes of conventional agriculture. While one of these systems routinely grabs media attention, the other system continues happily without even being mentioned.

The two photos were taken June 3rd and June 5th.

Where did all the water go?

One of these systems is designed to hold water.

One of these systems is designed to lose water.

When we remove the life from the land, we get consequences: we lose water rapidly through the exposed surface, we lose soil itself to wind or water erosion, and we get increased temperatures from the sun baking the hardened surface. We pray for rain to save our crops.

Nature does not know when water may or may not be coming next: She has designed methods to hold onto as much of it as possible, for as long as possible. We can learn these principles and these methods.

I know which picture I would rather be in.

Graham

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