Re: [Paddlewise] whaling

From: sylvio lamarche <wgarden_at_cyberlink.bc.ca>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 19:11:13 -0700
Mickael said;

>Everybody has to eat, therefore everybody has to kill.
>Even plants are alive, so even vegitarians kill to eat.


I am not a vegetatrian, but operate a small organic farm...

I really don't agrre that harvesting a plant which I have grown is
definitly not killing...

Proper harvesting of produce is done whent eh fruit of the plant is ripe,
from this moment on it is degrading in plant value...Most plants actually
start the dying process by setting fruit /seed /flower.

In the case of my beautiful flowers, it is detrimental to them not to
harvest the flowers stalks...Same with fruit trees, same with most greens [
cauliflower is a good one, tomatoes, chillies..

So proper harvesting of the produce plants is but beneficial to the plants
themselves and/or succession of the species....

Not at all like harvesting wild game [which this area is so into ] as I see
fewer and fewer  game around while out in the forest....
My garden on the other hand is getting fuller and fuller, due to optimum
growth and conditions [one of which is proper harvesting of ripe produce to
let the plant carry on with growth and reproduction...]

have fun out there


Yours naturally

sylvio  lamarche
Wycliffe organic gardens
& Exotic locales all over the globe



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