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    Plum trees - keep or chop down?

    Re: Plum trees - keep or chop down? Plums are a good rootstock for plums and other stonefruits. If shading and size is an issue, you could...
    Post by: Mowman, Aug 29, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    good courses and permaculture farms in australia ...

    Re: good courses and permaculture farms in australia ... Heres one in Adelaide SA: https://www.foodforest.com.au/
    Post by: Mowman, Aug 29, 2009 in forum: Jobs, projects, courses, training, WWOOFing, volun
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    Segregation or Integration - What would you do ?

    Re: Segregation or Integration - What would you do ? Hi there. I see in your comment "The reason that has been explained to us for this...
    Post by: Mowman, Aug 20, 2009 in forum: General chat
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    Guerilla Permaculture

    Re: Guerilla Permaculture Inspiring! A good "set and forget" idea could be seasonally considered bush beans (broad or borlotti), pumpkins (and...
    Post by: Mowman, Jun 30, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    I'm wanting to learn in Adelaide...

    Re: I'm wanting to learn in Adelaide... Your own veggie patch, a few chooks and a couple of reference books is probably the very best way to...
    Post by: Mowman, Apr 24, 2009 in forum: Jobs, projects, courses, training, WWOOFing, volun
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    Building Small Underground Cellar for Food

    Re: Building Small Underground Cellar for Food Its looks very good. Curtis, I started taking daily temperatures with the intention of making a...
    Post by: Mowman, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    Growing veggies on the roof?

    Re: Growing veggies on the roof? I grew hydroponic vegies years ago on a flat roof, its makes good use of a large sunny area. Three bits of...
    Post by: Mowman, Jan 10, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Killing comfrey

    Re: Killing comfrey I'm reading a book called "Organic gardening" by Lawrence D Hills (1977). Its very good for vegie gardening. He talks about...
    Post by: Mowman, Jan 10, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Growing maggots on large scale for fish farm food

    Re: Growing maggots on large scale for fish farm food Maggots are fly larvae, wriggly things in rotten fruit or meat. I used to grow them for...
    Post by: Mowman, Jan 7, 2009 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    Starting out.. any tips?

    Re: Starting out.. any tips? My tip is I'd go for maximum production from the available soil. Constant planting every available space is the...
    Post by: Mowman, Dec 23, 2008 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    growing mushrooms

    Re: growing mushrooms Excellent stuff Worowa, thanks for the good links. After this I'll be joining up on that site. I'm looking to convert a...
    Post by: Mowman, Dec 23, 2008 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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    what about the bees

    Re: what about the bees It makes me think that history might show that hitler was small fry compared to the monsanto executives.
    Post by: Mowman, Dec 7, 2008 in forum: The big picture
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    pine trees and what to do with large numbers of them?

    Re: pine trees and what to do with large numbers of them? Try talking barter with sawmills. A friend of mine had 5-10 acres of huge old pine...
    Post by: Mowman, Dec 5, 2008 in forum: General chat
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    treated timber

    Re: treated timber Unless you can get free bricks or pavers (sometimes people are grateful you'll take them away, let builders or paving guys...
    Post by: Mowman, Dec 1, 2008 in forum: Designing, building, making and powering your life
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    What do you store your seeds in ?

    Re: What do you store your seeds in ? I have a cheap plastic toolbox, about 40cm x 17 x 17cm, about $3.00 from a hardware shop. Sort of like a...
    Post by: Mowman, Nov 5, 2008 in forum: Planting, growing, nurturing Plants
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