Janet Baraclough wrote:
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Have a look at this quick, rushed ...oops I mean simple but carefully
crafted web page that I've thrown ... I mean lovingly put together just
for you and Len cos ya said ya wuz interested .... it's not much and
I'll try to make it a bit more user freindly and hopefully informative
as time goes on .... anyways here tis


http://whatsallthisthen.100free.com/


Thanks Pete, I found that fascinating and the progression of pics
really brought it home. Off at a tangent, I was reading that the areas
hit by the tsunami 4 months ago were so badly salinated by it, the
usual crops won't grow. There are proposals to wash the soil with fresh
water ( !!!!!!!!!!plenty of that available there) but meanwhile
experiment with more salt-tolerant crops.

Although the situation and Indian Ocean climate is so different from
your own it might be worth keeping an eye on progress reports there to
see if they come up with any answers that could be adapted for your own
use.

Janet

Hiya Janet glad you enjoyed the page, simple as it is,I'm going to keep
it going though winter to try to show the difference by this time next
year, by the time I get into the REALLY low spot I hope I'll have proved
my point about soil structure.

I understand the Tsunami efforts ... they are panicking, I would too in
that situation of course it's the wrong thing to do for the long term
but if the area wasnt saline before the tsunami then they may get away
with it. If they can get the salt away and start to revegetate then they
may be in with a fighting chance.

The area I'm working on now has been flooded twice in the last 10 years
and the water has sat for about 2 weeks becoming more and more saline as
time goes on.

I can't even imagine the size of the task they have in front of em, of
course I've seen the pics but wow ... I felt like a little kid who sees
the RSPCA adverts and immediately wants to give all her/his pocket money
to saving lost puppies, I actually wanted to fly over and help in some
way .. not really practical says the wife ... nope, so I send a bit of
cash .... geez,

I'll keep up with news there, if ever there was a salt project worth
watching this would have to be one of em.

Pete