.......It takes six steps.
First, you start with soil. We identify what nutrition the soil lacks.
Then we identify what species we should be growing in this soil, depending on climate.
We then identify locally abundant biomass available in that region to give the soil whatever nourishment it needs.
This is typically an agricultural or industrial byproduct — like chicken manure or press mud, a byproduct of sugar production — but it can be almost anything.
We’ve made a rule that it must come from within 50 kilometers of the site, which means we have to be flexible.
Once we’ve amended the soil to a depth of one meter, we plant saplings that are up to 80 cm high, packing them in very densely — three to five saplings per square meter.
The forest itself must cover a 100-square-meter minimum area.
This grows into a forest so dense that after eight months, sunlight can’t reach the ground. At this point, every drop of rain that falls is conserved, and every leaf that falls is converted into humus.
The more the forest grows, the more it generates nutrients for itself, accelerating growth.
This density also means that individual trees begin competing for sunlight — another reason these forests grow so fast.

The forest needs to be watered and weeded for the first two or three years, at which point it becomes self-sustaining.
But after that, it’s best to disturb the forest as little as possible to allow its ecosystem — including animals — to become established................

Just plant some good fruit trees.

I deliberately have my backyard with no trees.

Trees wreck houses & sewer pipes & all other infrastructure.
They block light making the area too dark & cold  - especially in winter.
( One of my friends has had to pay out $42K to repair the damage done by trees in his front yard.)

Also - they block your neighbors view.

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 11^th, 2017 at 8:54am:


had a friend who once who had a bad habit of handling fruit in a fruit shop as she walked past it. She had never seen prickly pear and decided to ignore the tongs and warning signs, and grabbed two, one in each hand .... she never again grabbed fruit as she walked past 

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 11^th, 2017 at 8:54am:


had a friend who once who had a bad habit of handling fruit in a fruit shop as she walked past it. She had never seen prickly pear and decided to ignore the tongs and warning signs, and grabbed two, one in each hand .... she never again grabbed fruit as she walked past 

may have to check them out.

Bobby. wrote on Feb 11^th, 2017 at 10:21am:


So don’t plant those! The second advantage of fruit trees is that they are (mostly) deciduous so you get shade in summer and light comes through in winter. Plant some Booby, more “survival food” LOL!

God you really take the cake, don’t you? Buying all that bloody survival food junk. Bet mice are having a field day in your house! LOL!

I haven’t lost any argument with you yet because you keep running away and you bloody told me you bought survival food, OK, you blistering Booby! You were gonna defend your survival stash with your jujitso skills. Not just a dupe, a liar as well! You are a poor specimen, Booby!

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 11^th, 2017 at 2:32pm:



Apologise or I'll report you for abuse.

I said Judo not Jiu Jitsu.

I deliberately have my backyard with no trees.

Trees wreck houses & sewer pipes & all other infrastructure.
They block light making the area too dark & cold  - especially in winter.
( One of my friends has had to pay out $42K to repair the damage done by trees in his front yard.)

Also - they block your neighbors view.

Wolseley wrote on Feb 11^th, 2017 at 5:36pm:



X 3

.......... amended the soil to a depth of one meter..........

............... three to five saplings per square meter..............

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hhhhhhmmmmmmmmm


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we have 250 M2.

* 4 saplings per metre = 1000 saplings.


Get a machine in to 'amend the soil to 1 M deep'.

The smaller trees won't do much cushioning. If the larger tree hits it at all it would probably smash straight through.

yes, just that I don't know what tree it will be off.

Pine chips are not good for the soil.
I doubt gum chips are very beneficial either.

tee tree mulch or sugar cane are both good for the soil


might just rake some good mulch into the top layer of loosened soil

AiA wrote on Feb 28^th, 2017 at 12:27am:


I once had a neighbor in Perth who was a farmer. I had never previously seen or met him. I approached him about a noxious tree in his yard that was dropping sticky leaves which clumped together in resinous clumps, stuck to the paving and stuck to dogs and cats.

I knocked on his door and introduced myself and explained the problem, and asked him to cut down his tree. He told me he was from the bush and that they shoot people like me and then drive over them in a ute. What a jolly fine chap. He did however cut down his tree.

Just mentioning that people get really obnoxious when their overhanging trees become a problem

No chooks until the cider apple trees are well established. if you lay down chicken wire then chooks can’t scratch.

I have a banana tree and despite the Ice Age hysteria from Sir Booby de Louse it is doing well: no fruit last year but three bells on it this year. I chopped down some suckers getting too close to the verandah early last year.