"Sirius631" wrote in message
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When growing our own, there is nothing like a successful organic system.
What I
have is nothing like a successful organic system. I either have to improve
rapidly, or continue to accept predation. I don't see any genuine
alternative
to organics when it comes down to soil improvement. Good old muck and
sweat! I
might be able to talk my neighbours into letting me use some of their
'wasteland' for a chicken coup, so I can get a new input/output interface.

Don't talk to me about muck and sweat ....... ok ya can this seems the right
place, we have to improve every bit of soil we plant in ... our soil (or
whatever it is) is very salty and has little organic matter ..it is soupy
when wet and rock hard when dry, it gets to a stage where it is almost
impossible to re-wet it ... a lot of Aussie soils have this unwettable
characteristic ... its a weird one.


Talk about people in Scotland sunbathing, for a sun worshiper like me
there is
a conflict with permaculture - my best secluded sunbathing patch is also
my
best growing patch. Suppose I should be happy to save water by not wearing
clothes that I have to then wash

You need to grow broad leaf plants so ya can quickly dash under em if anyone
comes ... Pumpkin leaves are good for that but ya get a bit muddy rolling
under em .....erm or so I'm told.....

should we start calling you Adam ?
Dont eat the apple !!!

Pete