Loved reading this update. It is so fascinating to hear the ins ad outs of other systems in other places. Looks like Artocarpus might be the best suited staple genus for your situation. Are you planning on gathering wider diversity and maybe doing some more hybridisation? How are the more uncommon species you mentioned trying holding up during the drought? Getting the first wide crosses done is a huge challenge compared to the explosion of diversity and vigor than happens on the other side, so I hope you keep steadily pushing in that direction. Especially for tree crops it often takes years to get all the ingredients lined up at the right time, waiting for just the right season to open the door to new possibilities.
I admire your journey and its trials, your situation can get better, that I am sure. Sure the climate will get wilder, but humans will adapt, or die.
You don't know me, and I am surprised to meet you and your writing. Must have clicked subscribe in a drowsy moment after reading one of Shane Simonsen blog posts.
I am a Tasmanian, long retired industrial farmer, from a two generation farming family. All launched from my great grandfathers gold mining career in Charters Towers Far North Queensland. Near were he landed in his 30s with a shilling in his pocket, but skills in mechanics(carpentry) and butchery. Ended buying his two sons stations around Australia and himself an English Estate to retire on.
To cut the story short, I retired after 26years of industrial bored with our degradation of a landscape I love and the decadal droughts. Resulting to have 10,000 sheep shot during a 20 year wool slump being the turning point. During that time ran many enterprises, cattle, vegetables, grain and pulse crops; all in the European model.
My brother and I both being given shares in highly mortgaged mixed farms,which continued over the years.
During the 1990s I commenced the study of Social Ecology, out of my questions about our ongoing degradation of the ecosystem.
Now, I know humanity has the knowledge to save itself, but because of denial deeply in cultural anachronisms it's fast running out of time. Probably never too late, but just progressively more difficult.
For more: browse my Facebook group, Lands for Life Towards Regenerative Land Use. Posts from all over the world, sift what might be useful, all are grounded in best science or successful lived systems experience.
The whole living systems approach is the key, but paradoxically the challenge, in our own unique personal complex situation. We have to rebalance deduction with more induction.
Loved reading this update. It is so fascinating to hear the ins ad outs of other systems in other places. Looks like Artocarpus might be the best suited staple genus for your situation. Are you planning on gathering wider diversity and maybe doing some more hybridisation? How are the more uncommon species you mentioned trying holding up during the drought? Getting the first wide crosses done is a huge challenge compared to the explosion of diversity and vigor than happens on the other side, so I hope you keep steadily pushing in that direction. Especially for tree crops it often takes years to get all the ingredients lined up at the right time, waiting for just the right season to open the door to new possibilities.
Hi David.
I admire your journey and its trials, your situation can get better, that I am sure. Sure the climate will get wilder, but humans will adapt, or die.
You don't know me, and I am surprised to meet you and your writing. Must have clicked subscribe in a drowsy moment after reading one of Shane Simonsen blog posts.
I am a Tasmanian, long retired industrial farmer, from a two generation farming family. All launched from my great grandfathers gold mining career in Charters Towers Far North Queensland. Near were he landed in his 30s with a shilling in his pocket, but skills in mechanics(carpentry) and butchery. Ended buying his two sons stations around Australia and himself an English Estate to retire on.
To cut the story short, I retired after 26years of industrial bored with our degradation of a landscape I love and the decadal droughts. Resulting to have 10,000 sheep shot during a 20 year wool slump being the turning point. During that time ran many enterprises, cattle, vegetables, grain and pulse crops; all in the European model.
My brother and I both being given shares in highly mortgaged mixed farms,which continued over the years.
During the 1990s I commenced the study of Social Ecology, out of my questions about our ongoing degradation of the ecosystem.
Now, I know humanity has the knowledge to save itself, but because of denial deeply in cultural anachronisms it's fast running out of time. Probably never too late, but just progressively more difficult.
For more: browse my Facebook group, Lands for Life Towards Regenerative Land Use. Posts from all over the world, sift what might be useful, all are grounded in best science or successful lived systems experience.
The whole living systems approach is the key, but paradoxically the challenge, in our own unique personal complex situation. We have to rebalance deduction with more induction.
Cheers to all Duncan