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| Garlic is a companion plant for roses, and carrots love tomatoes. |
Evolution must be a great theory, because the evolution establishment refuses to let Creation be taught in any tax-payer supported institution. They have concluded, against the evidence, that global warming is a terrifying threat, and contrary evidence (with data supplied) is also banned. Many scientists reject global warming as fraud, but the dominant opinion continues to fool people.
I would never want to argue Creation from the facts or logic. That does not make me anti-factual or illogical. Creation is a mystery, just as evolution is. The difference is clear - the Word of God teaches Creation and the Spirit confirms this mystery to be God's truth. Believers realize this, but unbelievers scoff at such a notion, as they must, because they are blind to the Word of God.
The basics of Creation can be observed.
Gardeners have found that in soil, just as in business and marriages, opposites make the best companions. Andy Rooney made a list of people who always arrive early at the airport, always fill the icecube trays, and always replace the TP, versus the opposites. That includes balancing the checkbook and other behaviors. Some men are As and some are Bs. The same is true of women, some being As, others Bs. And As always marry Bs.
Kevin Leman did the same with birth order, which explains this behavior. First-born children are perfections, driven, neatniks, and often highly critical. The baby of the family is lovable, fun, and the least likely to earn straight As. Middle children are normal.
First-born children tend to marry the baby of the family or the middle child. People seldom marry the same birth order.
In business. opposite personalities make great partners, but they often do not work in harmony and split up.
Creation explains that God has built mutual dependencies into every aspect of life. They are not so surprising in marriage and in business when they are so common in nature.
Garlic is a stinky bulb. Leave some in a hot car, as I did once, if you want to find out how stinky. They are just the opposite of roses, yet they are so good for roses that rosarians routinely plant them around their favorite flowers.
But garlic does not do so well with onions. Why? They are the same family.
The same family will trade diseases all too easily. Tobacco mulch on tomato plants caused wilt - common to both nightshades.
Opposites strengthen each other. The deep growing tap-rooted dandelion herb does very well in shallow-rooted grass. Likewise, dandelion plots - grown for wine - are invaded by grass. They love their opposites. Scott's Lawn and Garden is grateful - America will never eradicate the dandelion from lawns.
Carrots are a root crop that gets along well with tomatoes, a berry crop. Gardeners study companion planting and make sure they do not have an incestuous plot, with all the kissing cousins planted together.
We take symbiotic relationships for granted in nature. Large animals tolerate birds that pluck insects from their tender hides, or morsels from their teeth. Didn't we first learn about lichens and mosses, which hardly spend time thinking about the meaning of life.
Science classes present symbiotic relationships in pairs, but everything in Creation is wrapped up together.
The rain is coming tonight, which illustrates how well that works. Gardeners love the rain, because their work is leveraged and fulfilled by rain.
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| Somewhat good chart - but where are the earthworms? |
This is a brief summary of rain and how it affects the garden:
- The rain provides moisture, but also usable nitrogen compounds that green up the lawn instantly and give life to the plants.
- Rain will run off the soil and carry large amounts away, unless the soil is porous but also good at storing moisture.
- Rain, rot, and soil creature support one another.
- Decomposition requires moisture, and soil creatures speed it up through a complex set of relationships where everything is eaten by creatures who are also eaten, until the mix is filled with tunnels for rainwater, earthworm castings, and humus.
- Rain builds up the soil population, and the soil creatures hold the rain in the soil.
- When rain penetrates the soil better, plants thrive and send their roots deeper, which softens the soil and brings minerals up from the lower levels.
- The build-up of organic matter (humus) means the soil holds more moisture for a longer period of time and has better structure.
- When the soil teems with life, birds are attracted to the food supply and eat a lot of the destructive insects.
