We have both subterranean and wood-eating termites. I'm assuming they wouldn't travel the 20 feet under the patio to the house structure.(?) We did have to replace eaten wall frames and such to clear them out before. They do a great job for nature's decomposition. Perhaps I can dig in my hugelkultur every once in a while to see if there are any nests forming. I remember Bill Mollison's video where he was lying down in a potato patch he had installed and said, "Once there were thousands of
ants here. Now only potatoes". LOL. The
permaculture microbes displaced them, I assume..
Are you in Nevada? I had a
permaculture garden near Henderson - Las Vegas for six years. I was amazed what could grow in the Great Basin Desert. Permaculture works there, for sure. We grew the Hawaiian tropic
tomato. We planted a
Native American demonstration garden in Boulder
City. They made flour out of the mesquite tree bean pods and the camas root (Lewis and Clark) (not the toxic ones).
Chris
Permaculture Enthusiast