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Peasants
 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:30 am 
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Fabulous food forest! We went to see Joe once too and came out with a lot more than we had planned!! Let's hope all the Perth gardens don't get too crispy today with 41 forecast!

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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
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Another trip to Tass1trees, now I have 2 date palms, Chelli lemon (sweet), Chinotto, sugar cane, Natal plum, 2 goji berries and a miricle fruit/berry bush.

Also got a ute load of pine needles form the side of the road in Ellenbrook to mulch my berry beds.

Bring on the rain I say.

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There is still plenty of pine needle around Ellenbrook. I don't think you made a dent in the amount laying around.

Place is looking good Simo. Have you planted out the trees you have purchased? Any pics?

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Yep trees planted out, will get some pics of the orchard/soon-to-be-food-forest up soon.

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Who can guess what I am trying to do here?


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Reduce erosion from rain???? :dunno:

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Swales?

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Hügelkultur?

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:clap: You are all right, they are going to be my Hügelkultur Swales in the orchard and I am going o redirect rainwater run off from the firebreak into them to prevent errosion.

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noice!

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gazza wrote:
Hügelkultur?


+1 :thumb:

Dude, you doing that by hand or do you have a bucket tractor?

Any road, that looks real good. Two thumbs up!

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The wood was all moved by hand (or is it by back?) but the soil that will cover it will be trucked in an moved by mecanical aids, probably a bobcat.

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Nice work Simo.

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I understood errosion but the rest I had to google lol

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I recieved a truck load of lovely black peaty sand for the Hügelkultur Swales last week allowing me to finish them off.

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I started off with the piles of mostly old wood logs and leaves which I alinged across my food forest area along the contures so they are level ensuring the water pools and soaks into the ground.

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Then I dumped a generous amount of composted manure on the wood.

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