WE bought some quinoa from a health food shop. I havent tried to sprout it ,
perhaps thats worth a try but it was dehusked, whtaever difference that
makes.
Fat hen grows here like weed, did some one detremine whether that is the
same palnt or perhaps related? The fat hen bends to the ground with its seed
load near the time of dropping it.

We have had 30mm of rain for October which is Ok as our average is 35mm /.
But other months have been consistantly down. Lucky for us we have caught
some showers so there will be some crops and hay around here . I cant say
the same for areas 100km away were most stock has been sold and machinery
has stayed in the sheds.

It seems the message of Oz's declining fertility may have gotten through to
our government but I listened to some economists being interiewed. Their
solution was to do nothing as the economy will respond and the problems of
land degradation and climate change will be fixed. Oz has seroius problems
of loss of fertility and salinity and we are approaching crunch time.

Wes.

For others not intune in Oz, The
Fran Higham wrote in message
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"Wesley Trotman" wrote in message

I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from
your
PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have
tried
to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but
they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and
pay
for import into oz.

Have you ever eaten it Wes?

Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is
drying
up the small amount of rain we have had this year.

Same here in the East Wes. The local news reported that the evaporation
rates are twice the previous record level ie 15mm/week!!!!! We have only
had 19.5 mm rain for the whole of October and that is VERY low for this
time
of year.