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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 09:19:39 AM » |
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A sensible way to deal with it would be some form of munching animal, but sadly they'll probably use gobbets of toxic chemicals  |
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 09:29:59 AM » |
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That is shameful!
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Austroflamm stove & lot's of Lowe alpine fleeces, & a tiny pen15 ..if we're comparing solar set ups!
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 09:35:42 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 09:42:18 AM » |
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..... and who said " one cannot grow something in the shade "
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2011, 10:12:45 AM » |
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Did it not make sense to invest in some weed blocker?, or as martin said a herd of grazing sheep?
poor planning
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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2011, 10:29:28 AM » |
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A better bet would be a rabbit fence round the outside and throw a heap of rabbits in, and harvest them when they have grown. Sheep would prob damage the panels by scratching and they dont look to be framed.
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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2011, 10:31:45 AM » |
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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2011, 10:43:45 AM » |
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there is a bloke in the process of weeding them at the moment,you can see him standing back in the gap half way down the middle row and he has weeded half way up the first row on the right.it obviously has to be done by hand because of the danger of the high voltage wires. not a job i would fancy doing. those weeds would jump that far in just over a few weeks if conditions had been dry and sunny beforehand,suddenly rain,,!! and hey presto,!! up to the eyballs in weeds.  biff |
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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2011, 11:03:25 AM » |
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Hi,
It looks ideal for rabbits as Alan said. I keep a few free range chickens. They would keep the growth down - which would provide over half their food requirements. They would love they shade/open combination. It looks like they would not perch on them - but you never know with chickens(maybe a slight mod). Ideal chicken coop areas underneath the panels. Maybe a few permaculture ideas modified to take use the panel shade and micro climate(s). It's a shame the "weeds" seem to be seen as a problem to be disposed of instead of a resource.
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« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2011, 11:38:25 AM » |
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I like your thinking HalcyonRichard, making a solar farm a free range chicken farm makes for great deal of sense, simply need to make the panels "chicken hop" proof, the panels providing the security needed in chicken psychology. you'd be stuffed if it were a solar / goat farm though  |
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