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Re: African ( and Brazilian) deserts
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
 
- Subject: Re: African ( and Brazilian) deserts
 
- From: Jeffrey Newman <newman@bcinternet.net>
 
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:58:05 -0700
 
- Newsgroups: permaculture
 
- Organization: Pets First - Pet food to anywhere in Canada and the USA
 
- References: <LYR75849-11211-1999.07.07-12.12.48--hanzibra#svn.com.br@franklin.oit.unc.edu> <LYR75901-11706-1999.07.13-11.50.22--newman#bcinternet.net@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
 
Eric,
This was my experience exactly after we had a bobcat pound posts for a fence around our
property. I will continue to make amends and be fierce in my restoration of our small
plot.
> When I came to the site after the tractors had begun to be used I had a
> very strong physical reaction to seeing the land torn up.  I got very
> anxious, my stomach was in knots and I generally felt bad.  All I could
> think was, "Oh, my God! Oh, my God!"
> This was tearing deeper into the land and
> the tractors were heavier and causing a lot of compaction; the compaction
> is still noticeable three and a half years later.  It was also at my
> direction.  I felt responsible for this injury to the land and had to keep
> telling myself that over time this will all look even more beautiful that
> it was before the tractor work.  I have since done virtually all of the
> work on our property by hand.
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Jeffrey Newman
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When you're swimmin' in the creek
      And an eel bites your cheek
      That's a moray!
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