Natural Sequence Farming

I saw an article by Rowan Reid of the Master Tree Growers they were trialling sandalwood over in WA for salinity conrol. David Jenkins seems to be the local MTG for WA, have a look at their website at agroforestry.net.au. Surely not all gums are allelopathic, Duane? I have seen sugar gums used in a ...

N & C mulch is that things like tree branches etc? i am new to all this NSF stuff is there some where i can find information on what things i need to plant? is it in Peters Book? Hi Matt You might find David Holmgren's "Trees on a Treeless Plain" useful for design aspects and possibly relevant to y...

I have heard that Kirk Gadziz and friends will be coming to Australia for some workshops with the regenerative agriculture workshop series.
www.regenag.com
Free for Prime Producers and farm managers.

I would hope that Peter is aware of this group of 'ranchers' in America, the ethos and action plans are similar to what NSF is trying to achieve. http://quiviracoalition.org About Us The Quivira Coalition was founded by a rancher and two conservationists in June, 1997, to build bridges among rancher...

TreeProject is a non-profit community organisation dedicated to revegetating the Victorian landscape with indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses. We work with farmers, landcare groups, park authorities, government authorities and hundreds of volunteers to achieve our goals. TreeProject's largest volun...

Just been reading the "Manifesto on the Future of Food" by The International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture We support the fundamental principle of national, regional and community food sovereignty. All local, national and regional entities and communities have the inherent right a...

ok so this CH4 and the science is all too much. white ants have been doing their thing since before the industrial age and will be doing it post oil. http://www.carbonfarmersofaustralia.com. Carbon Farming can give growers additional income while rewarding them for changes in their land management t...

I have been watching weather maps since i was 13, 20 years of wanting to catch good surf, and the patterns of lows crossing australia from the NW to the SE of australia of late are truely impressing. I was at David Arnold's murrnong property on the weekend to see his design to turn the farm forest i...

Just posted this link somewhere else too.
http://healersbydesign.blogspot.com/201 ... -dust.html

Here is alink to one use for lantana.
http://healersbydesign.blogspot.com/201 ... -dust.html

My understanding from reading this statement is tat the white ants are releasing the CO2 that is locked up in the wood the consume/destroy.

Also was re-reading Back from the Brink and noticed that Peter says to use two swales. So I now realise my swale is only 20% complete I couldn't quite work out why. Does anyone know? Through reading rainforest regeneration books, they also say to use the double swale. In between the swales bury a w...

If the government is sincerely looking into using soil as a carbon sink then it should, in turn, look to the obvious benefits of organic farming practises including holistic management, biodynamic and natural sequence farming. Converting to organic farming results in losses of income through loss of...

David Holmgren, co-founder of permaculture, has a free download called The Flywire House at his website www.holmgren.com.au, which includes design's for fire around your house using fire-retardant species. He has also been working on some natural rehabilitation at the Spring Creek Gully where he has...

www.soilandhealth.org is another great online resource library.