Hi Everyone. I am looking into getting some seed of Araucaria angustifolia/araucana, Carya laciniosa/ovata and Quercus alba from Sheffields seeds...
I put out some Marula seedlings last autumn in plastic triangular tree guards. They are meant to be frost sensitive when young so I put some 1.5 L...
Here is the photo bucket link to some images of the inga rows [IMG] [IMG]
I'd be more worried about the inga self sowing than the pigeon pea- after six months they are really hard to pull out. I figure every fruiting...
I have been following the development of Inga alley cropping in south america for quite a while and I am very excited by the results to date....
I see perennial grains as a bit of a solution looking for a problem. Annual monocultures are problematic only because they are linked to excess...
I grew up grafting cacti and eventually found techniques that worked for me. The succulent tissues make it much easier than normal plants as...
I use them for bedding in my goose pen at night. A big rubbish bins worth every few days under six birds is absorbing all the manure nicely. Once...
Sounds viable to me. The geese in my experience have zero interest in bugs and snails. You can offer them right to their beak and they don't...
One good species for firewood in warmer climates is Calliandra. The common C. haematocephala (often grown as an ornamental) only gets to about 2-4...
Thanks for all the advice- I think pond would be a better description than dam. The area is on a creek flat with maybe one meter fall across a 50...
Hi everyone I have a damp gully that runs down from a couple of dams into our permanent creek that is often trickling with water but dries out a...
Good to hear about the vetiver- I'll hold off until spring. I was trying to keep an eye out for Lomandra seeds on my creek but I think I missed...
Your place is really booming after the rain as well. Always nice to see the photos. The "lonely, back breaking" bit is worrying though. I know...
It is really interesting how fruit fly behaves differently in different areas. In my old childhood garden the fruit flies loves our strawberry...
The second one looks like Macaranga to me- a common rainforest pioneer species in my area. The first is definitely common (not strawberry) guava....
There are a few issues with having permanent fence lines for rotational grazing. One is that the expense of setting up all the fence posts and...
Hey there Great to see someone else interested in adapting managed rotation to warmer climates- I am working toward a similar thing in...
Peanuts will sometimes grow again once they form nuts if the conditions are warm and wet enough without properly going into dormancy for harvest....
Just realised the Vernonia bitterleaf is actually Piper lolot. I also have a big patch of Piper sarmentosa already growing that I haven't figured...
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