[Pil-pc-oceania] Jerusalem artichokes underneath fruit and nut trees

[permaculture at apollobay.org.au]

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:
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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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