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> [Yet soil is miraculous. It is where the dead are brought back to life. Here, in the thin earthy boundary between inanimate rock and the planet's green carpet, lifeless minerals are weathered from stones or decomposed from organic debris. Plants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/yet-soil-is-miraculous-it-is-where-the-dead-are-brought-back-to-life/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

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## More by Toby Hemenway

> [Permaculture is not the movement of sustainability and it is not the philosophy behind it; it is the problem-solving approach the movement and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/permaculture-is-not-the-movement-of-sustainability-and-it-is-not-the/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [“The average yard is both an ecological and agricultural desert. The prime offender is short-mown grass, which offers no habitat and nothing for people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/the-average-yard-is-both-an-ecological-and-agricultural-desert-the/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [Agriculture is the process of turning eco-systems into people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/agriculture-is-the-process-of-turning-eco-systems-into-people/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth's surface](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/vegetarians-may-be-appalled-but-much-of-gardening-is-actually-raising/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [I like to talk about the idea of "design without design," where... we're creating the conditions for the things that we want to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/i-like-to-talk-about-the-idea-of-design-without-design-where-we-re/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [When you are doing work of value, people will support you in a variety of ways, not just money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/when-you-are-doing-work-of-value-people-will-support-you-in-a-variety/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [A culture disconnected from wild nature becomes insane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/a-culture-disconnected-from-wild-nature-becomes-insane/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/permaculture-gives-us-a-toolkit-for-moving-from-a-culture-of-fear-and/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [Yet soil is miraculous. It is where the dead are brought back to life. Here, in the thin earthy boundary between inanimate rock and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/yet-soil-is-miraculous-it-is-where-the-dead-are-brought-back-to-life/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [The plants we've chosen will collect and cycle Earth's minerals, water, and air; shade the soil and renew it with leafy mulch; and yield…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/the-plants-we-ve-chosen-will-collect-and-cycle-earth-s-minerals-water/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

> [I’m going to argue here that the most accurate and least muddled way to think of permaculture is as a design approach, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-hemenway/i-m-going-to-argue-here-that-the-most-accurate-and-least-muddled-way/)

[Toby Hemenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-hemenway/)

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