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Last updated on  January 9th, 2012

Rootstock conspiracy?: Click here
Why is it I can't find credible sources of rootstock for grafting? Sure I can descriptions, and I have found a whopping 2 sources of rootstock in...

Help I'm killing the Macadamia with kindness: Click here
The macadamia tree is dying - I think I over did the fertilizer. We mucked out the chook shed and I gave the macca a mulch of the litter - also built...

Eucalyptus Allelopathy? Good or bad for mulch or hugelculture?: Click here
I will be aggressively cutting back a large eucalyptus (not sure which type) that blocks the winter sun from my garden most of the day, and is a fire...

Learned an important lesson - Do your research!!: Click here
Last year while reading "Edible Food Forests" Volume 1 & 2, I learned I should eventually get a book on what native, trees, shrubs, etc are on the...

problem retro planting an orchard to food forest....: Click here
As some of you may have seen in my previous posts and photo's etc. I am in the process of transitioning an existing small orchard into a food forest....

Hicory ( carya) Pecans: Click here
just reading " The secret life of trees" by Colin Tudge excellent: lots of big words that ill be able to use one day Hicory has 16...

Nitrogen fixation into a pot using beans?: Click here
So I'm growing anual plants with a very short vegatative period that would benefit from a N boost. I planted them in 5' inch pots with regular...

3 Questions about 18 day compost: Click here
I watched the video "Soils" and I understand it, no problems. In fact, thank you PRI you have opened my eyes to yet another level of life, and once...

Rare tropical fruit: Click here
Any growers of rare tropical fruit out there.

Favorite Understory Choices?: Click here
Hey all, I haven't been over to the planting forum in a while. I'm just curious to hear what are all of your favorite understory/shade-tolerant...

A Christmas tree Nuytsia floribunda: Click here
Nuytsia floribunda Image: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/mortense_jord/nuytsia-floribunda%20pic%201.jpg ---Quote--- Nuytsia floribunda is...

Argan Oil: Click here
---Quote--- !e argan tree (Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels; Sapotaceae) is a slow-growing tree exclusively endemic to the barren lands of southwest ...

neem oil / wooly aphids: Click here
Hi guys, A while back I posted about my issues with wooly aphids. Had a little success with white oil and insecticidal detergent (or whatever...

olive tree woes: Click here
hello people, so i recently purchased a property in forrest, vic, and it has a dozen or so olive trees. we get alot of rain (over 1400mm av annual),...

Home made organic / natrural grafting wax?: Click here
I was reading the Fedco (http://www.fedcoseeds.com/index.htm) catalogs and came across a recipe for grafting wax, the recipe is as follows: 2 cups...

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