Hi James Welcome to the area. It would be worth making touch with Andrew Welch (Swale permaculture) as he lives just south of town and has...
Follow the permaculture principles, start at the home (zone 0), work your way out starting with small achievable projects, diversify income...
Hi Gary, Welcome aboard. I'm a bit further south than you (250 km south of Perth) but we have similar rainfall patterns with six months of drought...
It's been reported that buying them a couple inches or deeper results in the prickles being unable to germinate. It's something I'm considering...
What Oak species are you harvesting? I'm in the middle of selecting Oak species to grow and acorn palatability for humans and livestock is a major...
Yes flame weeding might work, might even kill the prickles left on the soil surface. But unfortunately that's not an option here during summer due...
We have about half an acre of spiny emex (double gee) on our farm, which I have fenced off from stock. I'm looking for eradication methods that...
I have heard of clear plastic being the way to go. Warms up the soil holds moisture to promote germination, then the weeds germinate and get...
Thanks for the update Peter. We just bought a small farm that had been neglected for a number of years and there is one paddock quote thick with...
Was just wondering if you had any update on sourcing those beetles and success in eradicating the thistles? I have a few on our farm too.
I heard recently that pigs will dig up bracken and root it out, but also that too much of it was not good for them. Maybe you could bring them...
Thanks again for the reply. Will have to look further into the best tree species and what we want to do, with respect to keyline and tunnel erosion.
Thanks for the reply again Bryant Redhawk, I was told by an experienced local soil scientist who specialises in tunnel erosion, that evergreen...
Thanks for the interesting reply. I suppose the best course of action would be to do many soil profile studies on our farm (110 ac) and then work...
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