permaculture

[Marcus Webb <permaculture1@planet-save.com>]

Thanks Rick, apology if my posting wasn't clear.

>>But Marcus, where *exactly* are ya? (in OZ, roight, but where?)
 "We're on the edge between wet rainforest and dry Australian eucalypt in a 
subtropical climate highly suitable to farm forestry." Specifically in the 
Sunshine Coast hinterland.  We are situated in old growth / regenerating 
rainforest - the surrounding tall trees means the young growth trees are 
shooting straight up to get their sunlight.

>>"cedar" has to be the least specific common name for a tree that English 
>>has.
 I was talking about red cedar (western red cedar - thuja plicata) the logs 
are no longer available as export from the US.  (Processed red cedar is not 
banned from export).  It is an excellent wood for building in the sub-tropics 
and tropics because of its natural bug resistance properties.  Unfortunately 
(for me) it is too humid in the subtropics to grow red cedar here.
 Perhaps I should stick with the furniture woods like sandalwood and mahogany 
and look at teak and ebony.  
 We already have bamboos which are doing great, including bambusa textilis, 
bambusa chungii, bambusa eutuldoides, bambusa beechyana, variegated bambusa 
heterostachya and have just started with bambusa lako.
 Cheers,
 Marcus

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