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(2/18/2013 05:43:00 PM) - Al


I feel the same about about those who insist on organic foods. Anyone that can keep a straight face and insist a plot of land should produce 25% of what it can with fertilizer just doesn't understand math.


al is a man of the world, and we clearly should learn to think like him, but this confuses me. Does organic mean you cannot fertilize? I stopped using commercial fertilizers a few years ago, and my garden and lawn are better off for it. Cut it high and let it lie, lots of compost, and some bone meal is what give my lawn it's rich luster and my tomatoes so think I can't give them all away. I do use seven dust to keep the bugs away (mental note- try eating bugs this summer), but I'm sure al knows the difference between pest control and fertilizer.

I hope al has a chat on how to grow better kohlrabi, but I'm guessing until they put it on a mcrib, that won't happen.
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"People are looking for something better. They're looking for meaning and value in their lives." So says Al Courchesne, who raises organic peaches, nectarines, pears, apricots and cherries on Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood, California. In today's world, farming organically seems to be a step back from our technologically advanced society. But Courchesne, or "Farmer Al", as he prefers to be called, thinks it's a lot more involved than just a yearning for simplicity.


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Farmer Al says that most people, especially those who have no experience on farms, "tend to idealize farm life β€” it's pastoral, slow paced. But it's not β€” it's very fast-paced and intense. They don't begin to understand the depth or breadth of the effort required to produce food of this quality."

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