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Commenced:	01/01/2013
Submitted:	15/01/2013
Last updated:	15/08/2016
Location:	Geraldine, NZ
Phone:	022 126 3890
Climate zone:	Cool Temperate

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First close look at the property.

Project: Te Moana

Posted by Craig Hutchinson about 12 years ago

Some positive results from the first good look at the land.

We have spent the last four days having a closer look at the property with some positive findings.

60% of the property was planted with Pinus radiata and Douglas fir about 20 years ago, and then left. None of these plantations has been maintained over this period, with the result that, though the timber is probably worthless as a commercial product, there is broom, gorse, and matagouri (aka Wild Irishman or Discaria toumatou) growing in the understory.

These three plants are considered weeds in NZ, but they are also pioneer plants, and close inspection under them revels that there are many native species pushing through. They are also all nitrogen fixers, which could save us lots of planting in the early stages as we try to replace (first) the pine with food forests.

The 40% that wasn't planted with timber is starting to regenerate with native bush. We will leave this to continue regenerating naturally.

There is about 5 hectares which is grass and tussock. We dug a few holes to inspect the soil, and were pretty excited with our findings. There is about 20cm of topsoil, and every spadeful produced earthworms (not compost worms). The soil is friable, and smells like a forest should.

We'll get some videos up in the next few weeks.

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