{"id":56312,"date":"2021-01-04T08:28:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56312"},"modified":"2021-01-04T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:28:56","slug":"zero-input-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56312","title":{"rendered":"Zero Input Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday afternoon, 24th November, Evita and I ventured to meet Shane at his 40 acres\u00a0near Pomona. I first heard Shane on an Abundant Edge podcast in July 2020. It was his first\u00a0podcast and it was incredible to hear him talk about growing food without using inputs such as\u00a0irrigation, fertiliser, and imported nutrients. It\u2019s the first podcast I have heard in the permaculture\u00a0space where this approach has been seriously taken and where results are very encouraging. I\u00a0messaged Shane after checking out his blog enquiring about getting some of his seeds to try.\u00a0While we are in a cool temperate climate about 400km away and he is the subtropics I was\u00a0keen to try seeds from plants grown without irrigation as water is often our limiting factor. Shane\u00a0was very responsive to my message and we communicated many times about seed saving,\u00a0plant breeding, and goats. He did send me some seeds and cuttings and I promised to return\u00a0the exchange by gathering and sending our local bunya nuts in February to contribute diversity\u00a0to his breeding program. So, it was somewhat serendipitous that we were able to have a holiday\u00a0nearby and visit in person.<\/p>\n

A smiley Shane greeted us and we enthusiastically went for a walk within minutes. Shane\u2019s\u00a0philosophy of zero input is immediately evident as there are weeds everywhere. \u201cThe weeds are\u00a0repairing the paddocks from decades of cattle overgrazing and cutting them or removing them
\naround trees will make little real difference in their long life.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s just not worth the time and effort. If the weeds do outcompete the tree for light, water, nutrients, then so be it, we want strong trees.\u201d So Shane has various widely spaced rows of trees that are densely planted with as many genetics of each type as possible…<\/p>\n

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