THE HAPPY
FARMER
Alas, Craven was unable to muster the resources necessary to properly support his gardeners and Gary Owen, disenchanted, and, understandably, abandoned his piece of the farm. Last year John Biloon and Kathleen Delate took charge of a now disheveled, salty and nematode ridden farm. The eliminated the salt, got rid of the nematodes and replumbed the beds. But now they put in to layers of pipes, one at a depth of six inches and another at a depth of fifteen inches. They planted carots and beets. The carrots, in accord with theory, were too far away from the deep pipes to sense their presence so they shot out tap roots directly to the shallow water pipes. When the root arrived it now sensed the deeper colder pipes and, leaving a 'bump' at the six inch level went for the deeper pipes. Voila! carrots fifteen inches long. Here Davidson holds the ruler, Biloon the carrot.
Now Craven is more than happy. He is euphoric.
the world where it is
needed. It will be organic so all you need is a few
'sharecroppers' and you can be your own farmer once a week, once
a month, or once a year. Then you can be, like me:SUPPORT THE COMMON HERITAGE