No Chemicals.
We will not use artificial chemical insecticides, herbicides and fertilizers here – there is really no need. The garden and orchard will be organic, and surrounded by forest.
The lantana on this land is best controlled by pulling. Lantana roots are the easiest roots to pull up here, especially when the soil is damp and soft. The forest soil here has not been compacted by stock animals or machinery.
Lantana is now classed as a class 3 weed; the landholder is only required to remove it if it could invade neighbouring environment that has significant conservation value, such as a Nature Reserve or National Park. The nearest National Park is 50 km away.
There is virtually no risk of chemical overspray from other land holders. The nearest commercial farming is cane fields ten kilometres to the east, with forest stretching as far as the eye can see to the south, west and north west.
My land spans the full width of the valley, and the land over the ridge is forested just like here, and I have never seen any signs of chemical spray on these adjoining blocks of land.
The lantana on this land is best controlled by pulling. Lantana roots are the easiest roots to pull up here, especially when the soil is damp and soft. The forest soil here has not been compacted by stock animals or machinery.
Lantana is now classed as a class 3 weed; the landholder is only required to remove it if it could invade neighbouring environment that has significant conservation value, such as a Nature Reserve or National Park. The nearest National Park is 50 km away.
There is virtually no risk of chemical overspray from other land holders. The nearest commercial farming is cane fields ten kilometres to the east, with forest stretching as far as the eye can see to the south, west and north west.
My land spans the full width of the valley, and the land over the ridge is forested just like here, and I have never seen any signs of chemical spray on these adjoining blocks of land.