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These are just some thoughts to drive home that the attitudes are so different that it will be very difficult for some gardeners to go eco.  I don't have a good name for the 'uneco' gardener that sums up the siutation, but here I use the label 'Imposing gardener'

Imposing Gardener     ecologically friendly            Comment
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Order                                    chaos                        give nature plenty of opportunity to do its own                                                                                         thing

Routines                              random                   "   and at its own times

Planned                               whim                         allow time to take on opportunities that occur
    
Thorough                            casual                     in case you are actually doing the wrong thing for                                                                                     some species

Tidy                                      messy                      don't waste time on your human view
 

Complete                            patchy                                        "

Methodical                         short cuts                                  "

Segregated/sorted            Just leave                  maximise variety of opportunities for 'waste'

Uniform                               Patchy                        a mixture might be more productive

Calendar                             Feeling                        Don't impose anything too strict as you have lots                                                                                      of different demands

Dispose of waste              Value waste                Nature comes with its own systems

Select                                   Leave alone               Let nature make the decisions on viability

Rules                                    Personal choice        duplication is not evolution, add variability

Hygene                                Ignore                          It is all nature

Designed                             Evolve                          Don't get personally involved, it is probably                                                                                               suboptimal

Broken things                     Re-purpose                 Nature does not have a disposal system

Targets                                Discovery                    Don't add human bias

Renewal/ Replacement    Variety                         Things change, go with it

Attention to detail              Slap-dash                   randomness is needed in evolution

Money                                  Miser                           Money implies your selection, not evolution

Obviousy  I exaggerate for effect, but this is necessary as it is very difficult to make the change to being eco.

read Dave Goulson  "gardening to save the planet  ....Garden Jungle"

martin

# posted by martinW @ 2:43 pm