permaculture and nudism
Return to DiscussionsHello, I have been wondering about the overlap between the philosophies of nudism and permaculture. My garden is one of my favourite places to be naked, I feel at peace. It would seem to me that the ideas of working with nature (permaculture) and connecting with nature through nudism would go hand in hand. Has anyone thought more deeply about this than me? Or read anything that integrates the two worldviews?
I agree with you completely. I have a big garden where I practice permaculture, biointensive and organic practices. I spent the afternoon today out in the garden getting it ready for winter and this is the latest date I have even been able to do that naked. I almost feel addicted as I'm not happy when "life" interferes with my ability to be out in the garden naked.
It's the ideal way to live on earth. All of our sophistication has separated us from the real meaning of life, a connection with nature and natures Author. It's where I am headed. Got my canvas tent and starting my orchard and gardens. To live in simple natural shelters and eat from the plants and trees around the dwelling, to freely attend to the earth free of clothing is just as our Creator designed and intended we live.
To kick those who want to live that way out of their homes on land that is supposed to serve all of us, is just blatantly wrong. Now if they were being trashy and living like lazy bums that would be different. But caring for the land and living lightly on it, including light on fabric. Is being responsible citizens of the earth. And that should be encouraged.
I love my garden. It's not quite the botanic gardens, but it's simple and orderly. I love the lawn and the minimal trees. My bf has planted some vegetables and I Look forward to the spoils that they will provide. Most of all i love to lay back in the evening, drink wine and chat.
Pictures of the garden would be great, you in them would be better ;-)
You can see the heavy wood chip layer I just covered the garden with. There are 10+ years of wood chips, leaves and grass clippings under that. There is a nice thick layer of compost under the top layer, When pulling the tomatoes and squash the roots can be 6 - 8 feet long growing between the soil and compost with a smaller root ball in the soil. This is also rebuilding the soil that was farmed for 100+ years.
Haven't thought about it deeply buy I can agree. When we are in our backyard or working in the garden we are always hude. Hubby does all of the tractor work in our vegetable garden and mows the yard nude. When the machines aren't running it's so peaceful and relaxing. We do feel closer!
From wikipedia,
Permaculture is, amongst others, an approach to land management that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole systems thinking. It uses these principles in fields such as regenerative agriculture, rewilding, and community resilience.
Read more here,
https://www.google.com/search?q=permaculture&rlz=1CAHKDC_enUS797US810&oq=permaculture&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l3j46i433i512j0i512l2j69i61.5683j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I have seen everything from slightly modified formal gardens to completely wild and uncept looking.
I started my version of a Back to Eden garden 10+ years ago. Summer grass clippings are laid on in a thick layer, fall leaf cleanup adds another layer, and layers of wood chips when I can get them or make them. So what I have is the dry top layer followed by compost layers then the soil. With tomatoes and squash, I pull the top and compost layers back separately, then dig a hole in the soil for the root ball of the seedlings. Then backfill the soil, compost, and top layer. What I find in the fall when I pull the plants, is a root ball in the soil of coarse, but also large and long roots in the compost layer. Trying to be careful, I have pulled 6 to 8 foot long roots before they broke off. Harvests have been getting steadlier better than the 100 year old farm field I started with.
In some ways, everything people have said above is true. But in another way, permaculture is antithetical to the way nudism is often practiced. If you are thinking in terms of your favorite nudist resort, sunning on a deck chair between dips in the pool, permaculture is not at all like that. Permaculture is a regular round of physical activity.
I only have 1/8 acre to work with in the Cambium naturist community, but it ensures I stay physically active. Maybe I need to dig up cassava root, wash it, and cut it into the separate roots. Then the canes need to be trimmed for planting material for the next cassava bush. Or, maybe the plantains are ready; so out comes the machete as I chop down the tree-like stem, and cut it into sections to compost back into the soil. Weeds grow quickly in the tropics, and the locals have shown me their method of weeding: rather than sit and pull weeds, which would take all day for a small area, they cut them with a machete just below soil level. That's better than hand pulling anyway, because sensitive mimosa has thorns and will slice your hand if you don't grip it just right.