Permaculture Concepts: No Such Thing As Pests

[Guest guest]

Yes, in a manner of speaking. Here's an example:

 

Suppose we have a surplus of slugs and/or snails. One alternative is to kill

them. Another is to buy a duck. The duck eats the slugs and snails ... this

is within its design. The duck fertilizes the land, also part of Nature's

design. The duck then needs a small pond. The pond attracts a frog. The frog

eats insects ... such as mosquitoes!!!

 

The point is, we begin to think in terms of ecosystems in which we live and

eat, rather than in terms of food production alone.

 

Best,

Elchanan

 

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

neal

Monday, September 17, 2007 6:27 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Re: Permaculture Concepts: No Such Thing As " Pests "

 

 

Elchanon wrote:

> There are no " pests " ,

> only a surplus of a given creature. With that

> perspective in place, we might

> then ask, what does Nature do with a surplus of this

> creature? "

>

> Elchanan

 

make it food for something else?

 

that'd be fun. LOL

 

neal.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I shouldn't have jumped on you like that. I could've just asked

" which species of duck eats snails and slugs, because I wasn't aware

of that any did " .

 

Anyway, cheers

 

Joe

 

 

rawfood , " Joe Postma " <joepostma wrote:

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> I'm sorry, but I can't help it...a DUCK that eats slugs and snails?

>

> That's some messed up duck! That's just not within any ducks design

> Enchalan...you need to check your design, it has flaws hehe

>

> Joe

>

[Guest guest]

Ah - there we are again! Surplus of Humans!

 

Louise

 

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

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> Erica, you sound like a candidate for permaculture! There are

no " pests " ,

> only a surplus of a given creature. With that perspective in place,

we might

> then ask, what does Nature do with a surplus of this creature? "

>

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> rawfood [rawfood ] On

Behalf Of

> Erica

> Monday, September 17, 2007 2:11 PM

> rawfood

> [Raw Food] Re: Vores (WAS: Eskimo Longevity and Meat

Consumption

> [brief])

>

>

>

> > I have to know - does this include mosquitoes?

> >

> > Caron

> >

>

> While seemingly a pest, I would be that if all mosquitos were

> eradicated, it would offset something huge. Ditto for spiders, etc.

I

> loathe snakes, but without them, surely some other rodent would

> procreate too much and become a problem. There is a balance in

place,

> as annoying or grotesque as some creatures may seem/be. Most people

> hate bees, but without them, we are screwed, etc.

>

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