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Bezig met laden... Back from the Brink: How Australia's Landscape can be Saveddoor Peter Andrews
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Just read it and thank me later. Enough said. ( ) I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to anyone owning rural land. Clearly written by a practitioner rather than a desk jockey the book details how one can harness available plant life, including weeds, to promote fertility via mulching. When coupled with mechanical repairs of degraded land structures regenerate so called dead land into fertile pastures and forests. Whilst there is some repetition in the book this appears to stem from passion as opposed to limited writing ability. Also included is a historical narrative on Australia's land degradation which runs counter to the accepted revised history that the Australian Aboriginals were custodians of the land. The methods described in the book form what was later named Peter Andrews 'Natural Sequence Farming'. Ths book made a profound change to our thinking on our property. We had been long term anti-chemical farmers, but had a conventional view of weeds, which we now know are actually beneficial for soil content. We are now slashing the native grasses to form a mulch layer, have trees of many varieties ready to plant to battle the eucalypt monoculture and are seeing the return of wildflowers in larger numbers. Rather than get rid of fallen timber, it is now being used to slow water down potential erosion gullies, allowing the water to drift rather than rush, letting soil gather against the timber to create tiers down these slopes, which has happened very quickly. We are encouraging the growth of rushes in the creeks, rather than the clear unhindered flow that conventionally damages the creek banks. Andrew's thought process will not be for the many conventional farmers locked into the system, but it suits us perfectly and we consider this a must read book for anyone who loves their land. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Peter Andrews is a racehorse breeder and farmer credited with remarkable success in converting degraded, salt-ravaged properties into fertile, drought-resistant pastures. His methods are so at odds with conventional scientific wisdom that for 30 years he has been dismissed and ridiculed as a madman. He has faced bankruptcy and family break-up. But now, on the brink of ecological disaster, leading politicians, international scientists and businessmen are beating a path to his door as they grapple with how best to alleviate the affects of drought on the Australian landscape. Described as a man who reads and understands the Australian landscape better than most scientists, supporters of Peter Andrews claim he has done what no scientist ever thought to do - he has restored streams and wetlands to the way they were before European settlement interfered with them. The startling results of his natural sequence farming are said able to be achieved very cheaply, simply and quickly. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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