{"id":9252,"date":"2021-02-01T12:19:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/?p=9252"},"modified":"2021-04-15T23:35:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:35:37","slug":"a-few-sentences-from-mr-ikawa-one-of-masanobu-fukuokas-students-and-a-natural-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/01\/a-few-sentences-from-mr-ikawa-one-of-masanobu-fukuokas-students-and-a-natural-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"A few sentences from Mr Ikawa, one of Masanobu Fukuoka&#8217;s students and a natural farmer:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201dListening to voices. Watching the colors.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, I have been receiving a lot of questions and comments about natural farming from people who are looking for easy answers to their questions about techniques and results.<\/p>\n<p>From a natural farming field for only a few months.<\/p>\n<p>Why is Chinese cabbage not curled or the color of the leaves is not good? What should we do?<\/p>\n<p>What should I do? \u201c\u201d I sowed the seeds but they don&#8217;t germinate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the Daikon radish not growing?<\/p>\n<p>If this is the case, add a generous amount of chemical fertilizer and sprinkle a generous amount of insecticide.<\/p>\n<p>Why not use Roundup to remove weeds?<\/p>\n<p>Natural farming is not something to be taught.<\/p>\n<p>I believe natural farming is about loving nature, believing in nature, respecting the wisdom of our ancestors and enjoying the process.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not about quota, it&#8217;s about feeling the wind in the field, talking to the birds, touching the grass, smelling and feeling the soil, seeing the sounds of the forest and hearing the colors.<\/p>\n<p>This is the true joy of gardening, but instead of enjoying it, we focus on results and form.<\/p>\n<p>This is a waste and a pity.<\/p>\n<p>At least I don&#8217;t want this to happen to the students of agriculture faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s throw the books and touch the world.<\/p>\n<p>Experience (not knowledge), is the only way of natural farming. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB_IMG_1612170990327-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB_IMG_1612170990327-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB_IMG_1612170990327-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB_IMG_1612170990327-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB_IMG_1612170990327.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201dListening to voices. Watching the colors. Recently, I have been receiving a lot of questions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9255,"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9252\/revisions\/9255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogal-tarim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}