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Icon & Proverb
The icon of the vegetable with a bite out of it shows us that there is an element of competition in obtaining a yield, whilst the proverb “You can’t work on an empty stomach” reminds us that we must get immediate rewards to sustain us.
Photo Story
The Fryers Forest Community Woodlot, in Central Victoria, is being husbanded to encourage the growth of larger retained trees by thinning smaller and stunted trees.
David Holmgren, a co-founder of both the community and the permaculture concept, is with his son Oliver, thinning a stand of trees. By debarking the fallen timber, valuable nutrients are left at the source, and the poles can be sold at a higher price.
After cutting out the coppiced growth, the stumps are neatened up so that the bark will grow over the wound, eventually leaving large, sawlog quality timber.
This long term sustainable management provides immediate yields of firewood, durable posts and pole timbers, while improving the ecological and timber assets of the communal land.
See photolog for other illustrations of this principle |
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