permaculture

[sinergyinaction@netscape.net]

Hi Robyn,
winter is usually very mild, with temperatures rarely going below 0º C. 
There are occasional frosts though.
Cheers
Antonio

-----Original Message-----
From: Robyn Francis <erda@nor.com.au>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:17:26 +1100
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Trees densities

 sinergyinaction@netscape.net wrote:
> > The main constraint there is drought and summer very high 
temperatures (40ºC
> > +).
> > Although I am selecting drought-tolerant trees I am still
> > unsure how far can I push closeness without creating too much 
competition for
> > water and nutrients.
> >
> > The idea here is to increase biomass and shade etc. as much as 
possible in as
> > a short time as possible

How cold does it get in winter? There's quite a range of tropical 
deciduous
legumes that drop their leaves to cope the with long hot dry season, 
from
shrubs through to tall fast-growing trees. Most of these can coppiced
regularly through the leafy time of year to build up a good mulch layer.
Some spp can handle a reasonable amount of frost while others are quite
frost sensitive.


Ciao
Robyn

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