Lucky for me this little dude seemed to be interested in the hay today.
A principle we are trying to follow is to grow 3x what we 'need' so that when local inhabitants enjoy what we planted we don't become bitter or disappointed. We are also learning what they favor and realizing that maybe I don't get to have that many annual flowers after all ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ Next year I'll sink less effort into them.
We are also not having luck with corn this year so we will try and start them indoors and hope the seedlings are less tempting than the kernels.
Vegan gardening means adapting!
I think I understand!
Yeah, we can't share the space with animals due to by-laws, but I am not sure I trust myself to have an equal relationship with them yet. I would love to have a small sanctuary when we get a bigger property in the future, but I would have to be sure I was able to rid myself of thinking of them in terms of how they could be "helpful". For example, geese eat slugs and ticks, so if we welcomed a goose into our home it would have to be because they needed a stable home not because they needed a stable home and we wanted them to eat the slugs.
It's awesome you do these thought experiments. I'm sure it helps you be a kinder person.
That is excellently put and very much along the lines of what I was thinking. Like if I used the manure from animals I take care of I think I would feel conflicted but perhaps give some of that back to the natural land near me and make sure I have other plants sources of fertilizer. It seems like a big learning process that you can't really know the answers to unless you start trying situations like that, but still good to think about