permaculture

["Charles de Matas" <cdematas@hotmail.com>]

I have heavy clay soils, compacted in some parts.  I planted two acacia 
auriculiformis trees last year.  Now they are about head height.  I'm really 
impressed by their growth.  I have tried leucaena, calliandra, caesalpinia 
but without success on my clay soil.  A native species,  erythrina fusca, 
which is already growing on my land also grows rapidly from seeds and I plan 
to continue with it.  Pigeon peas also grow well here, but can get smothered 
by grasses.  I collected some seeds from another native erythrina species 
which I will try to plant also.

Charles de Matas

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