Gimme Old friend, thanks for your support.
I have been interested in the Incan, Mayan and Aztec way of agriculture for years.
This is where I got my idea for terracing my place, ‘The Incans.
For those of you that don’t know, just look up Incan terracing, it is amazing how these folks farmed the sides of mountains.
The Aztecs had floating gardens that supported whole communities.
I think we need to look back on our past and see what worked and not make the same mistakes that our ancestors did.
The flue killed off all of these people, ‘NOT poor farming practices.
As far as slash and burn I don’t believe that is what the Mayans did.
This is a practice of desperation and greed, pretty much the same as what we did to bring on the dust bowl.
A lot of land in the eastern states was used up before the middle of the 19th century.
We had so much we just moved on to better soil, we don’t have that option now.
I highly suggest if a person is going to get into this discussion that they not just skim over the subject matter.
Do some research, ‘as Gimme and others have.
We need to develop better ways of soil conservation today, so as we don’t starve to death tomorrow.
More on this later.
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