…labour-intensiveness…was the essential ingredient of the good landscape. it employed more people; it attended to the needs of the landscape more closely than a system whose priorities were set by the requirements of the machinery and chemicals used to run it; it generated other jobs; and it created places that other people would want to come to, see and stay in
adam nicholson, perch hill
unfortunately i dont have much of a visual picture of how something will be, more a feeling that whatever it is will be right when its done….it makes communicating the idea of the final ‘loveliness’ a little tricky, and asks rather a lot in the way of trust from others….i wish i understood it a little more, but im fortunate that it usually provokes something that turns out well….or at least if i keep thinking so it justifies my selfishness
this raised curve of river gravels deposited over centuries, thousands of years ago – now the natural platform for the almond orchard…..having watered in the 100th tree, looking back and starting from zero seems impossible
as we find ways of making everything faster, less work, less effort, im not sure that we ask ourselves exactly what we are saving all this time for……what else we would like to spend that accrued commodity doing
if i do nothing else this year ive planted something with time depth, put down some fruiting futures, given other people – some not yet born, something beautiful, something long
Cool collection of Web sites.