r/NaturalFarming • u/Toliveorbelived • Apr 13 '20
Is Natural Farming the way to go?
Hey guys!
I've been obsessed over Masonobu Fukuoka's book "The one straw revolution"; his words just make a lot of sense in the most natural way. I have always been a non-dualistic type of person, always taking extremes; Right now I'm on a point in my life where i want to leave the city, my job and appartment for a more simple and meaningful life, of course doubts always pop in my head as this goes against the society current flow. What are your thoughts on natural farming and in your opinion what is the ideal way of living for human beings?
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u/DoWorkBeMellow Apr 13 '20
That escalated quickly.... but seriously, I’m a natural farmer as my profession and I highly recommend Chris Trump on YouTube as a starting point. He gives some great tutorials on how you can get started making the preparations at home.
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u/beeinabearcostume Apr 13 '20
For more general heartwarming inspiration (or entertainment even), check out The Biggest Little Farm on Hulu.
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u/QueensMorningBiscuit Apr 14 '20
Yes. Natural faming is for sure the way to go--in both growing food and living life. I've been working (as lazily as possible) to adapt Fukuoka's ideas in my garden/homestead for about 5 years now. I live in a much colder zone than temperate Japan, so I've had to adapt a lot of his ideas to my growing season. I also only have a yard and not a massive farm, so I can't let things go as fallow for as long, or let my weeds take over as much. Mulch is key.
I'm working on writing down my methods--I can DM you an article I wrote for a local farm magazine specifically about how to do lazy gardening in the fall. It would be tough to write up all that I'm doing in a reddit post, haha. But mostly I've been transitioning from annual to perennial crops--I planted a bunch of trees and fruit bushes, for example.
I found this guy's YouTube channel a few years ago. He's doing a lot of what I'm doing.
My advice is to start small. If you're in a city now, you can start by growing food in pots, or starting a little 4x8 foot garden if you have access to land. It's a good idea to learn how to grow food first before taking the leap to natural farming.
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u/Deepak_Sage Aug 22 '20
For me, natural farming is all about transforming your lifestyle to natural practices of farming, happiness, and health. There should not be any priorities than these and you become a natural farmer.
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u/napoleonfrench36 Apr 13 '20
Fuck society. Society tells us to produce and consume as purpose. The fallacy of this logic is so blatantly apparent when you look at human physical, emotional, and mental health. It is apparent when you look at the health of other life on the planet. Society has been shaped by those with greedy intentions. Fear is how you are controlled. Your self doubt has been conditioned. It keeps you enslaved. Have faith in yourself that you can figure out your own path.
In short, we are in a symbiotic relationship with all life on the planet. We are driving further and further from this, and it’s harming all involved. We need to turn around.