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| Rowan Reid, farm forester and
member of the Otway Agroforestry Network, emerges from his house in the
Otways. The building's construction is a showpiece of a range of
fine timbers
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NUFG members tour Rowan Reid's farm where drainage lines have been stabilised with trees grown for sawlogs | A range of species has been planted for both biodiversity benefits and sawlog production along a creekline |
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| Rowan
Reid explains the history of management on his farm in the Otways
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11
year old variable spacing trial of Eucalyptus nitens. The trees are planted along 'spokes of a wheel' with increasing stockings near the centre. This allows us to see the impact of competition on growth |
Remnant
trees are E. obliqua (shown) E. ovata, E. viminalis and Blackwood. The rainfall is around 850mm |
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| Rowan
has developed an innovative tree guard to prevent kangaroos and
wallabies from browsing young Blackwoods (Acacia melanoxylon). The clear
plastic is supported by a length of electrical conduit
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19
year old Poplars (large trees) with Black Walnut of the same age growing
between them. The idea is that the Poplar would be harvested leaving the
Black Walnuts to grow on for 50 years or more |
NUFG
members walk through a stand of Poplar (white trunks) on Rowan Reid's Otway farm. |
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| Rowan
Reid leaning against a 19-year old American Redwood
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Driveway into Rowan Reid's farm in the Otways | |
| For
more
information relevant to the farm forestry activities of Rowan Reid and
the Master Tree Growers Course program at Melbourne University please
visit the following website: http://www.mtg.unimelb.edu.au/BAF.htm
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