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Love the heck out of this. "If something is not eating your plants, then your garden is not part of the ecosystem." (links in post)
https://social.agroecologymap.org/@AgroecologyMap/112513515050386518
Oct 30 · 7 weeks ago · 👍 stack, gemalaya
🐐 satch [mod] · Oct 30 at 13:55:
If the bugs are eating your plants then maybe you’re growing bug food instead of human food:
— Why Insects Do Not Attack Healthy Plants (video)
Indeed something should be eating your plants. Namely you.
When I gardened, I made sure not to overweed, just clean up right next ro the plantings. Usually the nearby weeds provided plenty of food for pests used to the local flora, leaving my plants mostly intact...
