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Fri Dec 8 00:22:55 EST 2006

tree stand at this spacing we got about 2 m3 of thinnings
suitable for firewood. The rest of the trees are at 3m spacings
and yielded significantly less. If you are considering growing a woodlot =
with
firewood as a residual product of silviculture this is
worth taking notice of. <o:p></o:p>

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All of the trees are planted on =
Yeomans
plow ripped and mounded ground preparation (on a keyline layout) with no chemical weed control =
used ever.
In response native species have colonised =
the site in
abundance, with the planted trees forming only a small proportion of the =
total
species on site. I devised years ago to only mulch mow every second row =
leaving
the spare row for the native regrowth and as a site for the deposition =
of prunings. The yield of this material from the last =
pruning
session was considerable and is sure to encourage a range of ecological
processes (<st1:City><st1:place>Fukuoka</f=
ont></st1:place></st1:City> en masse!) There are three large contour earth banks in =
the
plantation that act as swales in effect. The resulting growth of trees
immediately above and below these banks is remarkable - particularly =
with the
Acacia's. Surprisingly the other species of the planting have not =
responded as
well as the acacia's to this situation. We will have our first seed =
harvest
this year as well which we will be using in other plantings on this and =
other
farms next year. 
 
Again if anyone else has any silvicultural =
tales -
particularly with wattles please drop a line or two. I=92ve put photos =
up
on our web site of the this recent sojourn into the triffids =96 <a
href=3D"http://www.permaculture.biz/trees">http://www.permaculture.biz/tr=
ees</a> 
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