We have a special guest staying with us tonight (and the next two nights!). Peter Andrews is doing some work with us and the Baralaba Landcare Group. We started today by having a look at a creek that goes through our place and have started three leaky weirs. We'll work on them more yet, so I won't post too many photos until they are done.
We are having a field day here on Thursday to show what we've done and why and then Peter will build more while the participants can watch and help. There's a bit of manual work involved, so it'll be good to have more hands.
I will write more about Peter and Natural Sequence Farming later on. In the meantime, you can read more
here.
Oh wow, very exciting! I'm a big fan! I've read both of his books several times and his theories have been very influential in our management of weeds and water/fertility on our property. I certainly considered his recommendation to find a property with 1 third trees, 1 third pasture and 1 third cropping, with the trees on the hill tops, when we bought our property. I'm so glad I read the books when I did, I had time to think before we started looking at properties. I am so excited for you, please write about everything you learn!!! We have several ephemeral creek beds on our property that we need to manage better....
ReplyDeleteLucky you! :) Peter Andrews is a living legend.
ReplyDeleteI don't seem to be able to do an individual reply, so will have to work out what to do to change that! However, yes it is exciting having Peter here - and tiring! All this learning stuff is hard work! I'll be posting more today and then when I get time I'll write more.
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