[Pil-pc-oceania] Tom Low's panic station and weeds

[Steve Hart]

Weeds from one perspective are "Plants one has not yet found the true  
virtue of" or another is "The first invader to prepare ground for the  
pioneers"....I have been called a weed a few times. Have we found a  
true use for the colonial invaders of Australia yet ?  The other  
question one must ask the Tim Lows of this world is what time frame  
is the context we are talking of. If dramatic climate is to roll over  
us like we are all expecting I reckon it'll probably be a damned good  
thing for Australia.....we might evolve into a new biodiversity and  
rid ourselves of bush fires and that dreaded "tinder box ecology"  
which IMO is slowly but surely destroying the tilth of the  
continent. .....imagine...... eucalypts confined to botanical  
gardens .....don't get too precious guys look at the big  
picture. ....and pests......don't get me started on that  
issue.......when you run out of possums I know where we can get a few  
ship loads from........I interviewed Tim on live radio a few years  
ago and he proved to be very anti Permaculture.....think PC was pro  
weeds......IMO he was right......but he still couldn't recognise the  
great value that PC does offer..........Steve Hart