Re: RE: Permaculture market garden [PC class file under
Invisible structures: ec  In a message dated 1/27/97 2:58:03 AM,
you wrote:  >permaculture and market garden are a bit of an
oxymoron >- the role of permaculture is by pass market
gardening, >if we want to do sustainable market gardening we
>have a number of costs to address  >which was covered earlier
by many of us >sustainble farming imports less than it exports
[ref Andrew Erb] >local production is best as it involves less
packaging and transport >use locally available materials >other
costs involve more picking time as the plants are mixed up not
>sitting in rows >sacrifices may be made in order to get a large
enough harvest >you may have to treat all the plants with same
setup (micro climate, light, >in a good permaculture system the
fruits DON"T all ripen at the same time.  Well, I have to
disagree partially here, April.  Permaculture people need money
too and if they get it pumping gas that isn't permaculture at
all.  If they get it by carefully