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  • From: christopher nesbitt <christopher.nesbitt@mmrfbz.org>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] After the Fires
  • Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:49:59 -0600

Hi Bela,

I lost 50 acres of habitat to a neighbors our of control fire. You can read about it here: http://www.mmrfbz.org/Fire.html As a result of my neighbors fire, I have spent much of the last year dealing with the consequences of fire, instead of focusing on things I would like to work on.

Hills can slump after loss of roots. You will have dead roots offering temporary support to the soil, so you will have a windiw in which to plant out more trees to replace the ones that were killed.

Not knowing the particulars of your area, and knowing it is most likely different than here, I would suggest considering deep rooted plants very quickly. We used vetiver on contour (about three acres of 50 burned), and planted a LOT of trees through the balance, fast growing timber and tree legumes, some fruit. We have one hill I am very worried about.

Good luck!

Christopher


On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Keith Johnson wrote:

One of the best starting points is on pages 451-456 in Mollison's
Designers' Manual.

Hills can slump after a fire but usually rain is needed to initiate it.
Bare soils on steep slopes can make rain a curse even while it's a much
needed blessing.

Bela Beke wrote:
Hi,
We live in a recently fire effected are of Australia.
We are looking for advice, guidance, on how to deal with landscapes
effected by wild fire.
Even to know the questions to ask and suggestions to make to
authorities-(who may or may not taken these things into consideration.)
Some areas were at least 660(degrees Celsius)The aluminium roadsigns melted.
Another concern is that some fire affected areas are quite steep and may
be subject to collapse
Worst case scenario-Can side's of hills slide down?On to roadways?
Not being experienced Permaculture designer's we are open to advice to
how to work with large areas almost
totaly burned out by wery hot fires.
Links to literature,books ,practical advice(disaster
recovery,green(brown) field development )
on behalf of Permaculture Kinglake Ranges
regards,Bela Beke
beke<at>primus.com.au
--

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