carboniferous detrivores*

at the moment much of my yard is taken up either by plants i aim to eventually eat ( top photo ) or green manures i am letting go to seed ( second photo ) so i can continue the process of adding nitrogen to the soil naturally a bit more cheaply ( i have some alfalfa and a few more goodies like illinois bundleflower to add to the mix )...the bulk of the rest of it is made of a bit of grass and a lot of weird ground cover and moss..but the stuff grows...and for all my pretensions to organic gardening, natural fertilizers, compost ( there is a bin out back too ), and a healthy disrespect for the social conventions of my neighbors, there are still expectations that seemingly have to be met..like mowing the stuff...if i don't someone will call code enforcement and they will tell me to mow it on pain of a fine and anything else the powers that be can throw my way...it is expected...so i load up my lawn mower with 89 octane gasoline and cut away...i am using the remains of the carboniferous epoch of geological history to cut my alleged lawn...and to go to work...and to post this blog...and to heat and cool my home...and buy food to eat that is produced with an abundance of petrochemical...the culture ( ha! ) i live in is universally ( almost ) dependent on these remains...a scavenger society that searches high and low for new sources and is prepared to go to war over them...even trying to live on the fringes sucks me back in...even going "off the grid" entails using technology that is manufactured with carboniferous waste...no fucking way out seemingly until it all crashes from entropy and sky high oil prices....like bugs headed towards a zapper we just keep going...how long can i fool myself? how long can we fool ourselves as a species? "denial runs strong in these...how can we use it?" *from william cattons' book "overshoot"