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Sun Jan 13 23:04:38 EST 2008
stable for quite some time (in human terms, anyhow ;-). My approach on that
piece of land is therefore to disturb the existing balance as little as
possible while adding to the mix non-invasive natives and non-natives that
will produce food and fiber not provided by what is already there.
If I had instead an acre like others in the area that had been cleared
recently, or cleared long ago and since overrun by invasive exotics, I would
definitely need other approaches.
Surrounding systems - their nature and proximity - can also play a
significant role. I have the luxury of the surrounding land being also
relatively free of the worst invasive exotics - I do not have them right at
my borders. If the land next door were overrun by banana poka, strawberry
guava, etc. I would need other strategies to keep it at bay. If there were
more guava and more birds in the immediate vicinity, I might have a greater
degree of invasion by guava. And so on...
John Schinnerer
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