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Commenced:	01/07/2011
Submitted:	08/07/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	wandoo ridge, duranillin, western australia, AU
Phone:	0417170869
Website:	to be confirmed
Climate zone:	Mediterranean

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Stage 1 - Location and Planning

Project: wandoo ridge food forest

Posted by Klifford J Fyshwick over 12 years ago

Finding a location and planning are the first steps in creating a food forest

I have chosen a site for the food forest its acually quite hard to find a site on 450ac of bushland, lucky its open woodland and the site I've chosen is gonna be close to the house and is in need of rehabilitation anyway, it of course needs lots of work its gonna be about 40m x 40m, its white sand with possible gravel and clay sub soils some eucalyptus wandoo present on outskirts which could cause some problems their roots give off poison to stop other plants growing near them.

First stages I have marked out area and will now plant out some Acacia saligna (which were ordered last year through a local grower) around boundry to help form a hardy fast growing wind break as well as fixing some nitrogen back into the soil.

Will also look @ setting up a small garden shed mainly for water collecting and a tank, will start with a 4,000 litre fiberglass and see how we go through summer, we also have 8,000 litres at campsite I can draw off using a 1,000 litre tank on trailor so can be moved into position.I'll be using a gravity fed trickle feed system with a battery operated timer with drippers.

Also will be looking at where the swales run and experiment with planting as well as sourcing local straw and manure this sand will be very hungry check out picture, anyway more soon...

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