Plant a fruit tree at work

[George.com]

I bought a nice mandarin tree today. That is going in to a sunny site along
a wall at the office tomorrow.

The existing garden has a few shitey little shrubs and what looks like some
rubbish clay soil.

A couple of small shrubs will be sacrificed & the shitey soils amended with
some good well rotten leaves lying around the car park.

The mandarin tree will go in and hopefully start producing some nice fruit
next winter in what is otherwise a large carpark.

Make a barren car park a productive food producing area.

If I can find a place to do so, I could post some before & after pictures on
the web.

rob

[brooklyn1]

"George.com" <rob...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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I hear tell that "shitey" soil is very fertile.

Next plant a kumquat. I love saying that word, *kumquat*.

[George.com]

"brooklyn1" <grave...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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right then,

it is "bollocks" soil.

but much better today with the mandarin tree planted and all the leaves &
humus around the carpark either dug into or mulches across the top of the
garden. We will amend the leave mulch with our lunchtime scraps buried under
a few leaves.

basically just builders sand with a bit of light coloured sticky clay-soil &
stones.

as the humus breaks down into spring we plant to get a few veges growing.
Should be reasonable productive garden in time.

just perfect for the peak oil need to go urban farming. We'll be miles ahead
at our office.

rob

[Billy]

In article <h348eq$1i0$1...@lust.ihug.co.nz>,
"George.com" <rob...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

We'll all be doing this very soon. Good on ya'.
--

- Billy

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn

[George.com]

"Billy" <wildbilly@without_a.net> wrote in message
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actually a very progressive week for me. 1 mandarin tree planted at work and
a garden mulched with humus ready for spring vegetable planting. 2 mandarin
trees planted out front at home and 1 dwarf apple tree ready to go in out
back for espelliering. My clear expanse of front lawn has been sacrificed
for a productive food growing area. The first of what I think will be more
fruit trees. I reckopn I can get about 7 mandarin trees out front and have
hopes for 3 other old variety apple trees.

rob