tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371800642825827982.post8396276205681423828..comments2023-02-23T19:58:41.833+11:00Comments on The Garden: Inspiration from TasmaniaMad doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884804751608935822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371800642825827982.post-44848785423251061622012-04-16T17:32:25.644+10:002012-04-16T17:32:25.644+10:00Since no one has commented, then let me be the fir...Since no one has commented, then let me be the first.<br /><br />The saying 'don't put the cart before the horse'comes to mind. Espaliation of trees dates back to Roman times. Weighting down fruit trees to ease harvesting is an acient growing technique. Century old examples of turf or living roofs can be found all over Northern Europe. Hedgelaying which can begin with 'woven sticks' but ultimately results in a living fence is a traditional practice in England going back hundreds of years...........The Royal Hobart Botanical Garden folk would surely tell you the same.<br /><br />These ancient growing techniques were not invented by practitioners of Permaculture, but rather have been adopted into Permaculture practice.<br /><br />Permaculture has cherry picked and synthesised many of the most valuable growing techniques across time and space and put them to good use. But let's not fall into the trap of historical revisionism simply to feed our egos and apparent need to be the 'most' relavent system going. The proof is in the pudding (as it is said). Permaculture is a powerful tool for meeting human needs without destroying our evironment...we don't need to rewrite history for this to be self evident.hops and barleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385284066054078596noreply@blogger.com