Xu says that for him managing the farm is more like an experiment in adapting to nature. If the farm eventually became overrun by weeds, then it would be just returning the land to nature. People would lose the pleasure of being close to the land and benefiting from its use. But the land belongs to nature, and the goal is always to discover harmony in the relationship.
許亞儒說，對他而言，這是一場與大自然「磨合」的實驗，如果最終回到一片荒煙蔓草，雖是還了野地的「本來面目」，卻讓人類失去了親近的愉悅與享用的幸福，那終究只是一塊屬於自然的土地，卻非人與自然的和諧共生。