A permaculture community subdivision based on tree crop agriculture, on the edge of an Australian country town.
Murrnong – a permaculture subdivision
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Mar 292009
Sudden Oak Death is a disease that has killed hundreds of thousands of trees in California and Oregon. It has infected large areas of live oak and tanoaks forests. This microscope footage shows the zoospores of Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of SOD, emerging from the sporangia. Under the right environmental conditions infectious zoospores are released and will infect new host trees. …
Mar 282009
This program examines the disease Sudden Oak Death (SOD) which is attacking oaks and now other trees and plants in the San Francisco Bay Area. Program shows the symptoms of SOD on oaks, explains the cause of the disease, and outlines steps people can take to help slow its spread. Includes interviews with UC horticulturist Pavel Svihra who discovered and named this disease, UC Davis plant pathologist David Rizzo who discovered the pathogen responsible, and Forester Kent Julin of the Marin …
Planting Cherry Trees & Eco-Lawns: a Food-Not-Lawns Perma-Blitz in Forest Hills!wmv
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Mar 242009
Learn the secrets of properly planting a fruit-bearing tree from a suburban permaculture workshop led by Brendan and Gusti, two inspiring leaders of Tri-State Food Not Lawns. The eco-lawn saves you water, money and provides a varied visual; why didn't I think of that? Using sand and stones around the root ball makes it super-easy for the fruit tree roots to absorb water as soil organisms do not compete for food and the soil becomes more permeable. Why didn't I think of that? The light was …