Intuitive Planning

**jjeling** · 12-13-2009, 01:40 AM

One of the swamp areas in the Oak Openings region after the water has frozen over the fallen leaves. It is one of those things we often overlook when realizing the importance of the seasons. While these leaves remain under the ice, they will slowly decay and form some the best soil known to man. In "educated" society, we often remove them from our yards, doing ourselves a huge disservice. Here, the leaves will be used to their full potential, and feed the same trees they fell from. If anyone needs any ideas about sustainability, look at the forests around you. The trees survive for hundreds of years by essentially feeding themselves. As the leaves fall, they are broken down and the nutrients from them, are then used by the its respective tree, to continue flourishing for decades to come. Seems like a great idea to me.

**Mad Aussie** · 12-13-2009, 02:46 AM

Nice thoughts to go along with your photos JJ.

**Bambi** · 12-13-2009, 09:51 AM

I agree with you completely on this. Leaf compost is the best that there is.
don't get me started on 'weeds' and grass clippings

**Michaelaw** · 12-13-2009, 10:46 AM

Tree nutrition is not what's important in our world view, first it must look neat, organized and well manicured. One dab of yellow in a lawn of green and out the poisons come. Apparently trees don't need the leaves for food, bag them up and off to the landfill with them! We have chemical fertilizers to make the trees strong and healthy....Don't get me started

**jjeling** · 12-13-2009, 08:13 PM

I was just thinking about this. If leaves feed themselves through their own leaves, how might we do this? Maybe if we saved all of our dandruff, old fingernails, and well.......... anything else you could imagine, mush it all up into one fruitopia, gather the nutrients, we might be on the right track.

When you think about how well that might taste, just think, the trees have been doing it since the beginning of time.

**Bambi** · 12-13-2009, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by jjeling

I was just thinking about this. If leaves feed themselves through their own leaves, how might we do this? Maybe if we saved all of our dandruff, old fingernails, and well.......... anything else you could imagine, mush it all up into one fruitopia, gather the nutrients, we might be on the right track.

When you think about how well that might taste, just think, the trees have been doing it since the beginning of time.