July 2:All of the Rains have meant that the Sorghum Cane has been growing just beyond our reach. And alongside, Opportunistic Weeds have proliferated.
I suppose you could call this day "Liberate Cane." It was such a beautiful Summer Day. Finally, the Soil was dry enough to weed the Sorghum Cane. Two days ago, Richard used Tillie, the Rototiller, to weed between the Rows.
Here, Melanie and Olivia are handweeding, while Richard and Anthony are behind the Camera's Lens and they are doing the same. There is 1 addition: Richard and Anthony each had a Hoe. I did weed a bit, but my job was to feed the Crew. It is truly amazing how fast the work goes when 1 is in Community. The Old Timers knew that.
In total, the Crew of 4 took 4 Hours to weed 16 Rows. That felt so very very good. The Cane seemed as Happy as the Humans.
Richard has a little more to do. He is "side dressing" the Cane with Fertilizer (12-12-12). That is not our 1st option, but in this case it should help the Cane out. Combined with the Rain which is expected, this should give the Cane a boost too.
We continue to be confronted with the tension between the Human Plan and Nature's Plan. When one only shops at the Store, one misses this Grand Drama. We 3 C's seek to find our way through these things. It isn't easy. But we seem to submit to Nature being in charge. That's a hard one for we Humans to accept, but it is surely the reality of the Living System of which we are part.
Maybe as we are liberating Cane, we are also liberating the Humans from that system which has kept us removed from Nature. Considerable insight unfolds as we work the Soil.
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