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RE: Basic Knowledge in Agriculture #52
They knew when to pause, when to let the soil rest a bit.
Land is alive, it breathes, it feels things too, somehow.
I have asked this question, but I have not received any satisfying answers. Are we smarter than those old people or were they smarter?
They seem to know more than they admit or are credited for.
I sometimes wonder how they came up with such excellent systems. Could it be that there is a body of knowledge that was lost at some point in history? Those old folks seem to know some things we don't know.
Yes seriously, that's a good observation.
Even here in my village, that practice is still going on.
They actually do it as a rotation farming.
whereby, when a portion of land is planted this year, it will be left for another seven years before it's planned upon again. During that period, other portions of land are also treated same.
I can't really tell why they came up with this idea.
But I understand that they actually wanted the soil regain it nutrients again.