As I learn more about food forests / forest gardens / perennial vegetables and build out the food forest at www.GlobalVillageFarms.org this song is just sharing a recent passion.
Lyrics
Just as nature intended
Polycultures of mutual aid
Stone fruit like the sun
Small paw paw like some shade
Fungi help pass the signals
Microb parties in the dirt
Clover stops sneaky grass bullies
Brings nitrogen from air to root
Step into the food forest
Beyond anthropocentricity
Bounty not just for us two legged
Smell the multiplicity
Comfrey pulls up various minerals
From the darkest deepest earth
Laying leaves down to rot
Here decay knows its worth
Vines climb across each layer
Aromatic herbaceous attractors
Shrubs fill and leaf and fruit
Blooming bright distractors
Step into the food forest
Beyond anthropocentricity
Bounty not just for us two legged
Smell the multiplicity
Observing and interacting
Energy catching and storing
Integrating with small slow steps
Depleted marginal restoring
Monocultures of mechanized mayhem
Replaced by poly mixes
One piece of many changes needed
Human problems, nature’s fixes
Step into the food forest
Beyond anthropocentricity
Bounty not just for us two legged
Smell the multiplicity