Ecological restoration trial at Matjiesrivier NR

September 26, 2019January 15, 2021 admin grazing, indigenous seed, karoo-fynbos, Matjiesrivier

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I conducted an ecological restoration trial on an old lucerne field at Matjiesrivier NR at the karoo-fynbos interface. I found that a combination of ploughing and indigenous seed sowing optimised restoration outcomes. This treatment is shown on the left of the photograph, with no intervention shown to the right. The untreated area is dominated by the alien annual Amsinckia menzesii. Subsequently domestic livestock overgrazed the restored area reducing diversity.

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Wisdom of the Ages

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 admin

Two weeks ago the man who some describe as a founding father of Regenerative Agriculture was in South Africa giving a number of Master Classes. It was a privilege to sit for two days and listen to a man who has a global following but doesn’t want to be guru; who has enormous experience but admits he doesn’t know all the answers; who doesn’t believe that his way is the only way, but who does want to share his experience; who shared his belief of how farming should be a marriage with nature, approached as one approaches a responsive lover, not as a warrior engages with an enemy.

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