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- From: "Marsha Hanzi" <hanzibra@svn.com.br>
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees]
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:54:07 -0300
Thank you, Russ, for taking time to go in depth about this-- a very good
summary of the situation!
In Manaus, Brazil, the streets are shaded with mango trees which feed a ot
of people at harvest time.
But I have also seen a VW "bug" smashed in due to a jackfruit falling on its
roof!
>
> 3) Before planting the trees, think about fruitfall and whether this will
> stain car paintwork or cause other negative impacts which would lead to
> pressure on council to remove the trees.
>
Two objections to urban fruits I have heard here are :
1) The mess the falling fruits might make. In fact this has never been the
case, as they are always harvested LONG before they fall ( often when still
green...)
2) Damage which might be caused by kids throwing stones at the fruit. I
especially like the Village Homes solution of leaving a long bamboo pole
leaning against the tree to facilitate fruit harvest..
Marsha
Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia
http://www.geocites.com/ipbbr
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[Fwd: Crops from street trees],
Keith Johnson, 03/06/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees], Pacific Edge Permaculture + Media, 03/08/2001
- Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees], Marsha Hanzi, 03/08/2001
- Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees], graham, 03/09/2001
- Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees], permed, 03/10/2001
- Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees], permed, 03/10/2001
- Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees], Pacific Edge Permaculture + Media, 03/11/2001
- Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees], graham, 03/12/2001
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