permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Clint Popetz wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 07:36:14AM -0800, Paul Wheaton wrote:
>
> > A friend told me yesterday about a shrub called "goumi".  The fruit looks a 
> > little like a
> > cherry and "tastes like PEZ".  He says the bush is nitorgen fixing!!

> > I just ordered a bunch of siberian pea shrubs, honey locust trees and russian 
> > olive
> > trees, all because they are nitrogen fixing and provide food for
> > chickens/pigs/cattle/etc.

Russian olive = elaeagnus fruitlandi, elaeagnus angustifolis, etc., many 
varieties
Extremely valuable shrub.

> Aiee, be very careful about russian olive (and its relative autumn
> olive.)  They are both very invasive.  Birds eat their berries and
> disperse the seeds, and they resprout after cutting/burning.  "Ripping
> out Autumn Olive" is a regular task for a friend of mine managing a
> chunk of land where the bushes were intentionally planted years ago on
> government recommendation to prevent soil erosion.  They're swarming
> all over the place, steadily shading out or strangling other species.
> In the west, they're eating away at riparian woodlands.

The sky is not falling. It _may_ me mildly invasive and possibly a problem IF
soil conditions, climate and rainfall are conducive to rampant growth of the 
seedlings.

Plant more KUDZU!!

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