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July 2007
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The extended orchard. All new trees are planted. |
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This July we plant: |
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- ten apple trees
- 5 plum trees
- 2 pear trees
- 1 sour cherry
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we leave room for two grapes |
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The small orchard with ten more apple trees |
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The original plan was a veggie garden with room
for a big asparagus bed and six long rows for rotation beds. |
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July's big project is the greenhouse! The other side of the winter creek
is fifty metres distant from the house. To have a veggie garden here isn't
really what the Permaculture guidelines tell you, but it get's all the available sun
all year round. And there is so much more to plant.
The greenhouse is north oriented and we use diffuse polycarbonate
sheeting. It's very sturdy and should last a long time. Because it's
diffuse we don't need to whiten it in summer or use shade cloth to block
out the sun. The timber frame is painted white to maximize the light
inside. |
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With the greenhouse finished we find
more room. Enough room for three more
rotation rows, two strawberry beds and
citrus trees |
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August 2007 |
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The greenhouse is finished. Fencing work has
to wait. The winter creek is running high
and we dig a drainage channel through the paddock. |
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More snow on Esperance Peak! |
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August frost covers the land.
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September 2007
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We use a lot of pony manure in our garden. We didn't realize how much
pasture three small miniature ponies need. We just don't have enough land
to supply them with feed all year round. We buy a block of land in
Geeveston with the plan of making hay this summer. The block is over eight
acres in size, but if we end up with more hay than we need, we can always
sell some bales. Hay is in high demand now because the last year was very
dry. Which is hard to believe after the August rains, but true! The cattle
belong to the previous owner. They will leave very soon so that the
grass to grow. |
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