The goal is to show how to produce, with minimum effort, an environment in your yard that will be beneficial and useful while gaining an understanding of what is going on out there. It is possible to harvest throughout the growing seasons without concern for your health while creating an attractive yard for mammals, birds, and insects you want for biocontrol.
Reliance upon pesticides and artificial nutrients is not necessary for success in the process of building an environment that takes very little effort to maintain once it is established.