Search:

lol
if women are so great at everything
why cant they reverse a trailer :)

Women have come a long way , good on them

i think though its time for the second sexual revolution though
where...

if the straw is too thick and interferes with culture
then a)feed it to goats
b) just rake it up
c) pyrolize it and throw char back on fields - that remove all C/N issues

you dont need ALL the...

dont bother with guards
it doesnt spread unless you try and remove it!

you can kill errant planst with glyphosate
a nice surgical removal

in zone 9b it took 3 years to REALLy establish the...

so while wer in here about politics

why dont mollison and holmgren seem to get on?

even in bills early video when they meet at Davids pace theres .. a tension thats palpable

Bill doesnt even...

Palms are great
so undertilisd in permaculture

hopefully not forever though
good studies of traditional agroforestry systems in ethe amazon now have hadded more data on how to ustilize palm...

no way! betel nut is essential in tropical permaculture design
Its a very effective vermifuge
taken without lime its barely regsiutering as intoxicating but it kills pork tapeworms

and chewing...

First thing o remembembr is that as some greenhorn straight out of the deveoped world you probably know SFA about plants
really you are the student.

do a thorough survey of the local area and...

seriously

contact Julie Firth

http://www.permaculturenursery.com.au/

she will set you straight
unlearn some of those wet-land ideas about PC :)

great person and a very sharp mind

in the greatest of internet traditions i say

LOL

:)

good on you all you people practicing what you preach
and succeeding!

please record and publish MORE

dont worry about china
worry about yourself

china is already beating australia in all things environmnetal

- keeping pandas
- reserves
-replanting forests
-stabilising deserts
-building...

thank!

yes in bali 6 degrees south? i sa w them at 800m above sea
in Timor L 'este my frinds saw up to 1800m

the genetics are mixed
much australian pams are 'rubbush'
id reccomend malay...

i pay about $15/ GB via vodafone mobile net (pre-paid)
i wont acll it broadband, its slower than im old iprimus dialup
and more expensive
follow up service is non existent for V fone

i...

in the tropics we farm vegetation not soil
the soils is awful in most cases

the trick is, a little bit, often
try and build up the biomass and its content

then to grow a crp you reduce it to...

thankyou!
this is true
we REALLY need 1 ha per family, and then by world standard we could have self-sustaining home gardens
anything less is a compromise

if you must buy,buy 5 good acres
2.5...

welcome sun burn

It can be hard to impress the sheer abundance we get in the tropics on peeps from cooler climes
unfortunately with increasing temperature and decreasing latitude we get more...

Lets say i wanted to have multiple flocks

maybe a few ducks in the yard due to their amicable temperment and good dining manner

a few geese in the enclosed orchard, ranging into the field...

wheat straw is given as 3.9% Nitrogen +/-

Hay
Soghum 6.4-11.2% Nitrogen
vetch 13.3
wheat 6.1
soy 15
rye 8
peanut 10.6
pea 6-14

so..
if you want to compost hay..

remember hay is the devil incarnate as far as weed seeds go!

no farmer will be selling you premium hay! its going to be a funky fungal health hazard of a...

most veggie gardens can do with 100g /m2 agricultural grade lime or dolomite per year anyway on most garden soils
(buy aglime its ground fine enough to have effect! its cheap as, do it!)
on new...

you dont have to compost these grounds
they are a seed meal and are best used as a direct fertiliser

also re the hay
if its not spoilt hay
then why not raise rabbits or Cuy/ guinea pigs
as...