If you are interested in organic and traditional gardening/living, I recommend you learn about Jim Kovaleski. I learned about him maybe a year or so ago, and he is just amazing. He has caught the eye of gardening bloggers, and they have made some videos of him doing his thing. He is pretty much a male Ruth Stout 2.0. Ruth Stout seemingly introduced covering your vegetable plots with lots and lots of dead grass to aid in growth. Jim has taken it to a new level, living in a tent, gardening without watering, and has also popularized and made great use of the scythe. And, he is just full of amazing insight.