Carol writes :
“ I regain your website after purchasing your book ‘ Create Your Own Florida Food Forest ’ . I ’m not in Florida , but thought your book would be helpful for my mood . It has been and has give me many ideas to adjust to my garden . I ’m in the wet tropic of northern Australia .
One line in your Scripture really resound with me , it was where you referred to “ slithering last ogre ” . I eff that pedigree , and I take it to heart . My garden is full of ‘ slide death demon ’ . Some of the most venomous snakes know to human race , know in my country and regularly claver my garden . Coastal Taipan , Eastern Brown Snake , King Brown Snake , Red - bellied Black Snake , to name a few .
As you’re able to imagine safely establishing a food forest under these circumstances can be take exception . Piled up branches or pruning could conceal slithering last monsters at my toe . So positioning such mulch must be carefully thought through . Being older I can no longer get to my feet quickly , so no kneel , all gardening must be done from a standing office for a quick get off when take ( and there have been a few ) . harvest amid exuberant leafy development require its own strategies . I was once chased from a garden bed by a Hydra that did not appreciate my seed harvest activities . I also do not recommend setting infantry outside after sunset .
Oh yes , ‘ slither death freak ’ resonates within my being . ”
While researching Costa Rica one day a few years back , I before long came to realize that my food forest designs for Florida did n’t of necessity post over to the moreexcitingecology of the tropics .
When baneful creatures lurk in thicket and brush piles , Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and rock piles , well , creating a wild jungle of nutrient is n’t the best melodic theme , as it can get you killed . Going for an orchard with lots of shorn grass is safer .
The snakes of Florida are n’t a big flock , with the exception of water mocassin and diamondback rattlesnake rattlesnake , both of which are only common in certain ecosystems . Even the very venomous coral snake is an inoffensive creature with few deaths to its quotation .
That one was wandering between my garden bottom back in North Florida .
But when you have a list of Snake like “ Coastal Taipan , Eastern Brown Snake , King Brown Snake , Red - bellied Black Snake ” – yeah , a food forest design needs to take these creatures into account .
As much as you might have sex nature , nature does n’t always get it on you . in reality , nature is a total jerk sometimes .
Plan accordingly .
