Conservation, Demonstration Sites, Food Forests, Food Plants -
Annual, Food Plants - Perennial, Global Warming/Climate Change,
Plant Systems, Regional Water Cycle, Rehabilitation, Soil
Conservation — by Chris McLeod February 23, 2013 It’s nearing
the end of summer here at Fernglade farm and what a summer it
has been. Two inches of rain in over five months, and extreme
heat for days on end, results in a most unpleasant experience.
Still, despite it all, things are still growing and there is
still food to eat. The kangaroos, wallabies and wombats are also
still eating from the farm and they are here often enough now
that I’m assuming that conditions are harder elsewhere. As a
response to the extreme weather conditions, in very early summer
I set about heavily mulching all of the plants in the food
forest and whilst overall about 10% of the plants and trees here
have died, 90% have survived.Comments (10) Biological Cleaning,
Conservation, Dams, Earth Banks, Gabions, Irrigation, Land,
Material, Potable Water, Reg