I was singularly unsuccessful for a time. The relevances of these experiments and experiences on the land, which were recorded in my three earlier books and various papers, are many. For instance, the first special purpose landscape of man was the farm, where everyone lived on the land. It was not only the place where the food was produced, it was also the home of the arts and skills which were the foundation of the industries. Therefore, if the soil of the farm deteriorated and lost its fertility, or the land was wrongly designed or lacked design altogether, thus weakening the balance of the natural landscape, there was little chance that later and far more populous landscapes would be better.
Fertile soil is a precious thing.
But it will be shown that the process can be reversed and the impoverished soil be made more fertile and deeper than it ever was, and in a few years. The responses of the disordered landscape to good design and management can likewise be rapid. The professions have produced many masterpieces of design within the environment but for the landscapes of town and country, which should have been planned to last indefinitely, there is no logical basis of design. There are two classes of landscapes. Class one is the Wide Enfolding Landscapes of Nature.