My conviction was that crops grow themselves and should not have to be grown.
I think this is what many folks think of when they hear us talk about OSR, that we have abandoned work in our gardens for a life of leisurely sloth.
(this hits a little close to home after a week of business travel and a late peek at the garden; much to do tomorrow...This is abandonment, not natural farming

The experiment fails. Lesser men acknowledge defeat; F-san goes back to the drawing board; learn more, more science. I think the war must have figured strongly here despite only the brief mention in the end.
Thoughts?
HG