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len gardener wrote:

don't know if this will help but i am writting an essay on how i see
and do perma-c. itis open ended and not finished but there may be some
tips that you could use?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gard...ture_essay.htm

Guess who DID buy their property for the aspect? :-) The down side (as the
block had only one lemon tree, apart from the mangoes planted strategically
over the main sewer line) is that I have TOO MUCH sun in summer. Waiting a
few years while the trees and shrubs grow along the western side.

I'm fumbling my way into urban permaculture, very slowly. I have a 3yo (and
another on the way in May, so gardening will be increasingly difficult in
autumn, the main working season), DH is anti-poultry, and our plans to
retrofit/extend our house for better temperature control and usability are
looking increasingly expensive! Unfortunately, a number of other permie ideas
hang off the extension (eg, moving the vegie patch away from its current NW
aspect, which has had a bad effect on my summer crops, to a purely northerly
one sheltered by the new wing of the house).

Started a new thread to see what the rest of you are up to.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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