tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385544049243397788.post2579182210210345960..comments2023-10-03T20:10:16.104+10:00Comments on Healthy Farming Healthy Food: Climate ChangeLucy Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15220069204348364586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385544049243397788.post-2914794639431533262018-12-11T12:42:02.802+10:002018-12-11T12:42:02.802+10:00The kangaroos flock to our large mulberry trees, i...The kangaroos flock to our large mulberry trees, in the heat. They are amazingly cool underneath. We can live with more trees in the ground, so long as people know they're best managed, rather than abandoned. Because while a natural forest is a beautiful thing, it's constantly bringing down old trees to feed the forest floor too. So if people want healthy trees, they need to be happy to oversee their management. <br /><br />The grazing of livestock underneath large trees, can actually help facilitate overgrowth as they will consume the parts they can reach. Natural pruning, in other words. Then they will trample any fallen branches/sticks into bark mulch, making it easier for the microbes to take it back into the soil quicker. Of course, in the heat, all livestock will flock to the trees to do this. So, win-win!<br /><br />Kangaroos aren't so good at trampling though. ;) Brush turkeys, now that's a different arrangement altogether! Boy, can they turn compost on the forest floor, and love to scratch up twigs and leaves, to build their nests. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385544049243397788.post-47966690903146914702018-12-07T13:49:50.775+10:002018-12-07T13:49:50.775+10:00we have a lychee tree in our backyard, and when yo...we have a lychee tree in our backyard, and when you walk into that area from the front, you can feel a distinct shift in the temperature!africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.com