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> [“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 except a place to sit, yet sucks down far more water and chemicals than a comparable…](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/)

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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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