Hi! I just joined this group. I am south of Lafayette, very near Vermilion Bay. My hubby and I have been living on a farm here since 1980. We have cattle and chickens. We have many citrus trees and some fruit trees. I would like to have all of those trees Mr. Langford listed! We have recently fenced off an area to extend our orchard. Maybe this winter we will be able to plant a few trees. It's really tough when the cows manage to get in the orchard. They love to be where they shouldn't!
There is a small bayou along our property. We have a crawfish pond and other low-lying properties. Hubby has unique ways of thinking. He has improved our property so much over the years. He is always thinking of ways to move water around. Some of the low-lying parts are leveed and then he can pump the water out so the cattle can graze. I haven't seen that one in any permaculture articles, have you?
I have one large garden and two smaller ones. The large one was only started three or four years ago. Half of it is okra - yum, huh? The darned stink bugs are killing me right now, but that was expected. Does anyone know of a way to get rid of them? At least they don't touch the okra!
Now that I have this larger garden, it is all I think about. If I could spend half of my time in there pulling weeds, that would make me happy. Who needs to do housework when there are weeds that need to be pulled?
It's hard to find permaculture information that is for our special Zone 9. Can anyone recommend some sources?
Nice meeting you!
- Natial
