[Pil-pc-oceania] Jerusalem artichokes underneath fruit and nuttrees

[timwinton]

Hi Dan,

Lomandra longifolia was mentioned in an earlier post and I have to highly 
recommend it as a grass barrier. It is slow to get established, but once it 
gets going the running grasses have a great deal of difficulty getting 
through its shady blades. It is very tough and long lived, it makes good 
fiber for weaving and I have been told the seeds can be dried and pounded to 
make a kind of flour. Its weeping habit also means that it is very easy to 
mow or slash around it, get all the grass and none of the lamandra blades- 
they just fall back into place after the slasher moves along. In combination 
with Qld Arrowroot (on the inside) it makes a nearly in penetrable grass 
barrier. It is also easy to propagate and we currently have many hundreds in 
the nursery at Permaforest Trust. So if you are back up this way there are 
plenty to put in the boot of the car. Be good to see you again as well. All 
the best.

Cheers

Tim


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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Jerusalem artichokes underneath fruit and 
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> hi dan
>
> not sure how blue devil will go, but do look at other indigenous sedges 
> and
> grasses (& murnong), your local indigenous nursery should be able to help
> out (can you squeeze these into your landcare grant?).  Also, any of Nick
> Romanowski's books are a help.  Alot of the indigenous sedges and grasses
> are edible and make great habitat for our indigenous fauna.  Look into
> introducing some black fish into your dams, these grow fairly big & fat,
> and are indigenous to our area.  They're a rare (endangered) breed now, as
> the brown trouts have been taking over their habitat.  Brown trouts are
> like wild rabbits.
> cheers
> Fern
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Dan Palmer darnample at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:09:40 +1000
> To: pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
> Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] Jerusalem artichokes underneath fruit and nut
> trees
>
>
> Hey all,
>
> Thanks for the comments re sunchokes as invasive grass barriers (and
> thanks to Jedd for the photos).  Along with our cover crop seed mix
> (oats and about six legumes), we have so far planted a mix of comfrey,
> daffodil, nasturtium, and myopurum (a native groundcover).  Will
> perhaps tentatively experiment with sunchoke at the downhill base of
> one section of swale and see how we go.  In this case they will be
> planted a few metres down the mound away from the fruit and nut trees.
> Thanks also Fern for suggesting daikon, horseradish, blue devil and
> yam daisy - will try at least some of these.  Finally, as Graeme notes
> lemon grass doesn't cope well with our winters.  Lomandra longifolia
> seems a more suitable option.
>
> Sincere apologies for neglecting to delete the old posts on the end of
> my last post, which was written and sent off in undue haste.  I am
> aware how annoying this is.
>
> Best,
> Dan
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