Liz, have you contacted Greening Australia? In our area (Hunter) they do quite a lot of work and papers, should have some leads for you. Also I suggest that you contact David Dumaresq at ANU - has done some interesting work on soil life and organics, etc. I came across him because he advises a BD farmer down south. Helen
Liz Davis wrote: > Hi Gil, James et al, > > The work you are doing sounds very interesting Gil. I've been asked by my > local landcare group to follow up the lack of success of direct drilling > native tree seeds into paddocks. Realising there could be a # of reasons > for failure, almost feel as though I do not know where to start. If you > could point me in the way of any literature available on this topic, it > would be muchly appreciated. Also doing a report on the affects of > conventional agricultural chemicals on soil. Considering the size of the > problems it has created, I'm unable to find much on this topic. > > My location is Lucknow, just outside of Orange on the way to Bathurst. We > had 8 mls earlier in the week, and perhaps double that yesterday, after the > storms that rumbled through the evening. Not enough for the fungi > yesterday, perhaps today. Apricots, nectarines and almonds all in blossom. > > James I'm sorry if I missed any of your words with regards to silica and > locked up phosphorous. My knowledge is very limited, and it is only now > that I am beginning to understand the life & processes in soil. There has > been so many of these topics previously discussed, but my lack of knowledge > allowed them to go right over my head. Therefore I do apologise to all for > repetition as I get my hand around the wonderful world of soils. > > OFF TOPIC > > Any Aussies happen to see SBS last night on the Arab world? Did any of you > Americans after Sept 11 see the spontaneous remorse shown to your nation, by > them after Sept. 11th. The footage was thousands holding a candle light > vigil, chanting 'Condolences America'. For all the millions that have been > killed by the USA, Sept 11 is minuscule. As one Palestinean man put it > "America we feel your pain, when will you feel ours" > > Apologies for the off topic, what was shown last night caused such a deep > ache within. > > L&L > Liz
