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by ColinJEly
Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:35 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: African Love Grass -any sollutions?
Replies: 17
Views: 34865

Julian et al As someone who used to mow lawns for a living, and having to catch and remove said grass clippings, now that I only have to mow my own and encouraged by those here, I leave it. Guess what?! The bloody grass underneath keeps coming up! ;-) Even when the grass had invaded my flower beds, ...
by ColinJEly
Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:27 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Flat land
Replies: 48
Views: 65414

Hello Brett It's dead simple. You just get yourself a few sheep and wait for the Government to declare your property under the Native Vegetation Management Act. Soon your property will be overrun with native vegetation and there wont be any room for a sheep to stand! ;-) Seriously, just a thought, h...
by ColinJEly
Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:35 am
Forum: Questions about the book, 'Back from the Brink'
Topic: Burning vegetation to lessen fire risk
Replies: 15
Views: 27539

Duane
Yes with the cooler weather with us I figure I can plant now and it will get a flying start before next summer. My house faces west so whatever I plant will get the full sun in summer. I was also thinking of planting an Albany Wooly Bush.
by ColinJEly
Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:41 pm
Forum: Questions about the book, 'Back from the Brink'
Topic: Burning vegetation to lessen fire risk
Replies: 15
Views: 27539

On a similar, but slightly different tangent, after fruitlessly waiting for my local council to replace my street tree that fell down a couple of years ago I planted a Nothofagus cunninghamii out the front. After surviving the hot summer weather, it succumbed to our very changeable hail and sun rece...
by ColinJEly
Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:03 pm
Forum: Carbon Debate
Topic: Lord Monckton stirs it up.
Replies: 6
Views: 10689

G'day Sprite
Lord Monckton is a former cabinet adviser to the UK government, a Cambridge Don, classical scholar, mathematician and a moralist. ;-)

Lonnie
There will be a DVD released of Lord Moncktgon's tour downunder. I will post info on its availability when I hear more.
by ColinJEly
Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:55 pm
Forum: Carbon Debate
Topic: Lord Monckton stirs it up.
Replies: 6
Views: 10689

Lonie
I had the pleasure of seeing him twice in Melbourne recently and then being invited to a small private function with Lord and Lady Monckton and Dr Ian Plimer.
They were all very 'down to earth'
by ColinJEly
Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:48 pm
Forum: Information for the Day
Topic: Lucky No 500.
Replies: 10
Views: 11413

Jean Marc
You are not alone
You are 'mon ami'! ;-)
by ColinJEly
Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:02 am
Forum: Information for the Day
Topic: Stealing
Replies: 8
Views: 12180

Stealing

Perhaps our West Australian members will have some local knowledge of this and would like to comment?

http://sppiblog.org/news/environmental- ... e-citizens
by ColinJEly
Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:35 pm
Forum: Information for the Day
Topic: Toodyay
Replies: 1
Views: 4546

Toodyay

Here's hoping all our members in WA are not being effected by the bushfires
by ColinJEly
Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:34 am
Forum: Information for the Day
Topic: Abbott vs Rudd in Copenhagen
Replies: 5
Views: 7047

PETER SPENCER IS DYING! Peter Spencer's four children have flown home to 'Saarahnlee' the families 20,000 acre farm in the Monaro district of New South Wales. The 2005 UNFCCC report states that Australia needed 88.2 million metric tonnes of carbon to meet its treaty obligations, 87.5 million of thi...
by ColinJEly
Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:52 pm
Forum: Something to give you a smile or laugh!!
Topic: My new truck
Replies: 0
Views: 5555

My new truck

MY NEW TRUCK I bought a new Toyota Landcruiser and returned to the dealer yesterday because I couldn't get the radio to work. The salesman explained that the radio was voice activated. 'Nelson,' the salesman said to the radio. The radio replied, 'Ricky or Willie?' 'Willie!' he continued and 'On The ...
by ColinJEly
Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:31 pm
Forum: Information for the Day
Topic: Jetropha
Replies: 1
Views: 3965

Here is an interesting article on the growing and using of Jatropha curcas

http://globalfarmer.com.au/content/view/77/1/[url][/url]
by ColinJEly
Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:06 am
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Eucalypts in north Viet Nam, please help
Replies: 14
Views: 15660

Hello Col. Goats= Maggots eating the flesh off the land. I like that quote from the Permaculture video 'Greening the Desert! Egypt and Libya used to be the granary of the Roman Empire, wouldn't think so now would you? That deforestation will get you every time. I'm sure you have read in Peter's book...
by ColinJEly
Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:30 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Eucalypts in north Viet Nam, please help
Replies: 14
Views: 15660

Biodiversity? I wonder if the ancient Mesopotamians would be allowed nowdays to displace the rest of the native vegetation to plant their wheat crops in the 'Fertile Crescent ? :lol: Probably the project wouldn't get off the ground, too many government forms to fill in! Probably wouldn't pass the 'E...