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- Thu May 20, 2010 2:30 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: blackberries
- Replies: 9
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Hi Sam and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your 100 acres and it is a very exciting time. About the blackberries, are they holding the creek and river banks together? Basically at the moment they are acting as the overstory and protecting the soil below. I have not personally dealt with bla...
- Thu May 20, 2010 2:02 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Flat land
- Replies: 48
- Views: 65928
Revelation time
Hi Shirley and Angela, thanks both for your input My land in not affected by salinity, not sure about the quality of the water table below. Though as I will reveal I think it must be good. There is salt affected landscape about 3 km away. I want to share what happened yesterday. I was thinking of se...
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:15 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Flat land
- Replies: 48
- Views: 65928
Thanks for your advice and encouragement :D Shirley you are spot on about Australia not being what it used to be and grassland was once rainforest and you mentioned you now have a small block, congratulations, that land is blessed to have you as its owner. What are your plans for it? Julian thanks f...
- Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:33 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Flat land
- Replies: 48
- Views: 65928
Thanks Angela and Colin for your suggestions. Sorry it has taken so long to reply, so much has been going on in my head about this land. Three months ago I met with two Government officials from the DNRE to evaluate my land and see what help they could offer. They were rapt and very excited to see a...
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:18 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Flat land
- Replies: 48
- Views: 65928
Hi Shirley, Quick update, all the trees individually planted didn't survive. It wasn't the sun's heat, rabbits, moisture or soil condition. It was the wind. On certain days on this land it is the windiest place. Driving along you see little twisters every now and then. There are no wind barriers and...
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:20 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Bushfires in Victoria: Natural sequence hydrology approach
- Replies: 40
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- Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:08 am
- Forum: Information for the Day
- Topic: WONS: New native weed- Eucalyptus
- Replies: 41
- Views: 58533
Hi Andy and welcome, Think you hit the nail on the head, about reveg techniques and planting out with Eucs and Acacias, as that is what is left and survived over 60,000 years of fire management. There is little nutrients and top soil and that is why Eucs and other fire prone vegetation is planted as...
- Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:38 am
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Soursob
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6286
Hi Nick and welcome :D As you have read and as Peter has written all weeds are the bandaid , covering a wound, they heal the land. I don't know the properties of soursub, but if it is sour and stock don't eat it, sounds like the perfect bandaid. Please let it grow and work its magic. You will be ple...
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:46 pm
- Forum: Information for the Day
- Topic: WATER FOOTPRINT/Global Drying
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5457
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:16 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Flat land
- Replies: 48
- Views: 65928
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:08 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Bushfires in Victoria: Natural sequence hydrology approach
- Replies: 40
- Views: 43799
Hi Colin, think it will take a while for nurseries to catch on. Massive opportunity for any nursery propagators, start growing rainforest species. At Kuranga, think they had a couple of myrtle in stock, no Sassafras, but the majority of plants there are drought tolerant, which most of the time equat...
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:52 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Tree Selection
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8943
Hi and welcome Well done and congrats on taking the first step, you won't look back, it is an exciting journey. Duane has pretty much covered the bases. One question, how long have livestock been excluded from land? The longer you can build up organic matter and nutrients, before planting the trees,...
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:41 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Flat land
- Replies: 48
- Views: 65928
Amazing the differences the rains have made. Wanted to share with everyone this photo below. It clearly displays Peter's theories and techniques working in Victoria. This is a photo of one of the swales, with blackwood logs. 6 months ago scotch thistles started growing in them, a mate and a neighbou...
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:11 pm
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: NSF is working in WA
- Replies: 142
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- Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:29 am
- Forum: All General Questions about NSF
- Topic: Bushfires in Victoria: Natural sequence hydrology approach
- Replies: 40
- Views: 43799
haha good luck Colin. Now about the Eucalyptus, I agree that 98% of them are very smart and too competitive for our other plants and diversity, though they are only reflecting humans and our ways. Where these dry woodlands grow, it was burnt thousands of times by the Aborigines, then it would rain a...