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Brenda
Bloom where you are planted.
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"Limitation is the mother of good management", Michael Evanari
Location: Southwestern Oregon (Jackson County), Zone 7
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Diversified Food forest maker . Fill every niche and you'll have less weeds (the weeds are the crop too). Fruit, greens, wild harvest, and nuts as staple. Food processing and preservation are key to self self-sufficiency. Never eat a plant without posetive identification and/or consulting an expert.
Jeffrey Hodgins wrote:B and T world seeds has them and they can ship almost anywhere. They should pay me for all the publicity I give them. Ah I wonder if my moringa trees will be dead when I get back to Mexico.
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he reason I find these studies so important, is that my property and major portions of the east side of the Calfornia central valley are underlain with cemented hardpan. This means that even the meager seasonal rain that falls, rapidly saturates the shallow sandy surface soils (often only 12 inches deep) and runs off. Even when surface runoff is not apparent, there is significant sub-surface drainage leaving the higher areas to dry rapidly, and the lower areas to be saturated for an extended period - drowning the roots of many species.
Here is a scientific study of "hydraulic redistribution" (HR) by velvet mesquite tree (Prosopis velutina) roots. This species is a legume that produces edible seeds. The study shows that water in relative abundance in surface layers during periods of precipitation is redistributed by the roots deep into the soil for later use in drier periods.
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Konstantinos Karoubas wrote:Thanks Abe for the info especially the Mexican blue oaks - usually as far as I know the oaks need to be planted as soon as they mature - is this the case with the Mexican blue oak ?
Konstantinos Karoubas wrote:Almonds - we have plenty growing around here, but recently I purchased some by the kilo at a local farmers marker whole (with the shell) - I plan on planting a few thousand - I can plant about a thousand a day - they planted close together, about 50 cm apart, so they will provide a good ground cover in a few years - then they can be thinned out and other trees easily planted under the cover of the almond trees. The temperature of the ground drops a great deal when its under the shade of almond trees and allows grass and other plants to thrive even in the summer time.
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