Natural Sequence Farming

Duanne, Im not sure what point you are trying to make. There are logs in the lake due to recent exceptional rains. Why are you sayig they should leave them there? And why is the removal of logs "YET another example of the lunatic, bumbling Bureaucrats running the asylum"...there are public safety co...

Shirley, my apologies if you are unable to understand the answers to any questions that I answered, I would be pleased to explain them in different terms so you can understand..... if you would be so kind as to explain which ones you have trouble with. Dont feel alone in being unable to absorb some ...

My father conducted a decades long battle with bracken fern when he bought his property in the 1950s. The whole property was covered in bracken fern. These day spraying is the easiest way of geting rid of bracken but if you wish to begin an organic farm then that option is out. If you want to rid yo...

ok then so i will just speak for myself then.ghosta you have been nasty since the moment you arrived on this site.this is why I THINK YOU ARE A TROLL. natural sequence farming was the name given to peter andrews theories.they can be applied to urban areas as well, as i'm sure someone more eloquent ...

Lets hope that floods like this continue to be rare events. One cannot help thinking that climate change might be a factor in the changing weather patterns and such events will become more frequent. Perhaps it already to late for meaningful action on a worldwide scale, progress has been painfully sl...

Jenni dont believe you talk for everyone else, and please take off that nasty hat.

If you would be so kind to explain how the development of a city like Brisbane can have anything to do with Natural Sequence FARMING principles.

Rather thn an illustralion of "BUREAUCRATS CONTINUING TO MANAGE FAILURE" this is simply an example of human nature we see again and again after every flood, bushfire and other natural disaster. People have short memories and after decade of drought little though was put into possible impacts of floo...

Duanne you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Brisbane is a city, a large built up area. Shipping provides supplies to the town and an oulet for exports from the hinterland. The original mangroves were dug out to provide shipping acsss and quick drainiage of built up areas through the river chann...

Duane you said "Even today, 220 years or so later we are still failing to understand this very important information." If you were to read a little further from the same Wikopedia article you quoted, then you might understand this "very important information". "From 1862 the Brisbane River has been ...

The pollies could begin by taking themselves to see first hand "how these natural hydrological processes work". It isn't rocket science : The discrete roles and functions of the catchment habitats and landscape ecosystems on the floodplain can be restored through adaptive strategies that simulated ...

The theory is not too difficult to understand. Unfortunately practical implimentation is a different matter entirely.
We can demand our politicians "do something" but what do we actually want them to do?

Interisting post and I agree with some of it. Peters work needs to be put in perspective. There is nothing magical about this worlk, he is obviously an astute observer of natural systems and has adopted a number of practices some of which are reasonably common practices (like erosion contro measures...

I believe there is huge potential for the appropriate aspects of NSF to be adopted on a much more widespread scale. At the moment it is in its infancy. Many farmers Ive spoken to (in most Australian states) view it as an interesting curiosity, others reject apspects (such as use of weeds) as outrigh...

To me it seems a matter of ones own philosophy. Some people are content to make do with whatever weeds the wind blows in and try to manage any delitirious effects that may acompany them, provided on balance there is a nett benefit. My approach is quite different. I prefer to look at the principles b...

Duane Ive commented before but Ill repeat the post- Dr Wilsons paper is a little short on detail and its difficult to know how to interperet some aspects of his work in a more general sense. He does not state what method of willow removal was adopted, one would expect differences if the willows were...