A game of brain chess, weed magic and a rainy mood on a rainy autumn day ■ VLOG #3
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Vlog #3 and I don’t even know where to begin this one, because it feels as though my mind has been shattered into so many pieces, pieces that one by one contain a part of a series of what in the far distance seems to belong to a much greater piece of coherent information, but I cannot quite seem to get the pieces of the puzzle put back together, if you know what I mean. And, as you know from my last vlog, I have come to the conclusion that my soil is nothing more than some wonderful bling, more specifically when making glass is your thing. Hey, that rhymes, haha. But when it comes to soil fertility, and growing some veggies on this piece of land filled with sand – hey, I seem quite a bit in the rhyming mode today, that’s the second sentence that rhymes – well, back to my soil fertility or should I say, lack of soil fertility, some improvements do seem to impose themselves. As you know, two soil improvement techniques caught my attention: Korean Natural Farming and Biodynamics. So, lately I have been getting myself a little bit further acquainted with Mr. Rudolf Steiner and his lectures on agriculture. Up to the point where so much information is playing a yes and slash or no game of chess inside my head all the time. Moving forward, moving backwards, which pawn should I use next, all these unanswered questions. It just never seems to end. Fortunately this – what at second glance seems to be an endless game of psychological warfare inside my head – is not giving me any headaches yet, but with every new thought I linger upon, my anxiety levels reach heights I did not know the existence off before all this. Because let’s be honest here, all I wanted to do was a little backyard gardening on this small urban piece of land filled with unfertile sand – rhyme number three? – I have to nip this rhyming thing in the butt before I turn in a poet – so, now that the past summer has made me realize that there is so much more to creating and running a successful garden then what first meets the eye, I sometimes get nervous and anxious and impatient and all this seems to be undermining some of my self-confidence, which when it comes to the garden and how to run it and maintain it, wasn’t all that high and established to begin with, but digging deeper and deeper into this soil enhancing adventure, I do admit to freak out once in a while. No shame on my part there, look, it’s all new to me and the learning curve is steep, I am very much aware of that. And although I am not scared to make mistakes, I just don’t want to ruin my soil forever and ever with any mishaps I might make. This soil, although very sandy and unfertile, has not have had any encounter whatsoever with any sort of pesticide or other chemical treatment for over more than 20 years. It is pure and untouched and I am very proud of that, and it makes me happy and confident that any food that will be grown in this garden and end up on my plate, will be chemical and pesticide free. So, that’s a good thing and that fact brings at least some relief in my moments of anxiousness and self-doubt. However, when it comes to soil improvement, up until now, I haven’t come any further then composting some kitchen scraps and some garden waste. And of course, let’s not forget our beloved feathered friends, the homestead chickens, which have and still do their own part of soil improvement, in their own particular way on their own time and pace. But that’s all up until now, folks, so when it comes to choosing between Korean Natural Farming or Biodynamics for soil enhancement, I am completely on unknown and foreign terrain here. And it’s scary. I have listened to the audio recording of the lectures on Agriculture by Mr. Rudolf Steiner twice now, and if I have to be completely honest with you, this system scares the living daylights out of me. When listening to the recording, I cannot count the number of times my brain screams and shouts: ”What is this guy for heaven sake talking about ?” I’m just a one woman show with maybe an overly farfetched dream of growing some fruits and veggies with a couple of chickens for eggs and meat on a small patch of land, , but I do …
