Natural Sequence Farming

If ever something was a symbol of Peter Andrews work, the willow would have to be it. Plant one or some and hold your head up high, I have.

The dominant riparian palm in my area is the piccabeen palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana). Over the last 12 years or so I have planted about 150 of them. Under a mature palm can often be seen scores of seedlings often almost on top of one another. I was given a couple of such clumps and planted t...

Vines must not be overlooked as a major part of the process that open woodland goes through to become a closed conopy forest. They can quickly bypass the long periods needed for one forest type to be replaced by another. The right vines will race up a tree and fill the canopy as though the tree wher...

In december I worked in Dubai but had some time to study the state of desert reclamation. Sahara type desert refers to a man made desert that lacks sufficient rain to recover. The desert there is a Sahara type and is getting worse due to over grazing (goats and camels) and the over use of artesian w...