We turned and lasagna-fied our compost this week, and it reminded me of this quote. Nearly everything we do on the farm seems to do with life cycles, rather than life lines. We do uproot plants, of both the weed and edible varieties, but eventually they are returned to the soil. What farming blog is complete without the lovely words of Barbara Kingsolver?
“The blunt biological truth is that we animals can only remain alive by eating other life. Plants are inherently more blameless, having been born with the talent of whipping up their own food, peacefully and without noise, out of sunshine, water, and the odd mineral ingredient sucked up through their toes. Strangely enough, it’s the animals to which we’ve assigned some rights, while the saintly plants we maim and behead with moral impunity. Who thinks to beg forgiveness while mowing the lawn?” –Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Vegetable Miracle)
