EARLY AUTUMN FOOD FOREST TOUR - VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
🍂 Early Autumn Food Forest Tour 🍂
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Join us as we explore our Food Forest in the first week of autumn! Despite the extra month of summer, we’re tackling some major updates:
Sheet Mulching: We’ve started a new round of sheet mulching using fresh alpaca manure to boost soil fertility.
Soil Check: The soil is quite dry with only one major rain event this summer. We'll continue to improve soil health with more mulching and compost in autumn and winter.
Fruit Trees: Pears are nearly ready for harvest, and we’re learning the best picking time. Almonds are recovering from summer heat, and we're experimenting with protecting Leucaena from frost.
Comfrey & Raspberries: Comfrey struggled in summer but should bounce back with rain, while raspberries and kiwi fruit are slowly establishing.
Challenges: A fallen eucalyptus tree, struggles with certain plants, and pest control.
Future Plans: More mulching, chop and drop techniques, and managing plant growth as we head into cooler months.
Stay tuned for our winter tour to see how the Food Forest evolves!
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We have been working on our property since 2016, transforming our barren wasteland property into a permaculture oasis. We have been building a food forest, utilising mini swales and other water harvesting techniques. Growing fruit trees and managing a raised bed vegetable garden and kitchen garden. With composting, chickens, worms, mealworms, and more we are embracing a permaculture lifestyle one step at a time.
We live on 1/3 acre in a dryland/flatland area of Victoria, Australia. Our climate is semi-arid/temperate with an average rainfall of 400mm (15in). Hardiness Zone 9b, with summer temperatures reaching upwards of 45C (113F) and as low as -3C (26.5F). We are 230km (143 miles) inland and 110 metres (361 feet) above sea level.
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