Welcome .....

Bakary Jatta

Thank you Sean. The pot is about 1500m from my site. No big thing but listed to attract tourists. Local people do not notice about the desert approaching. The process is slow. Wind force increases and blows roofs off. The wind is hot. Water table drops and wells go dry. Native trees die. Survival rate is low for planted trees. I experimented with agro- forestry and am creating a bit of an oases as the surroundings are deteriorating. No soil erosion on my site! Fuel and energy supply all on my 1 Hectare. Keeping out of mischief in the process of trying to restore soil fertility to a depleted site.

Bakary Jatta

Sean Freeman

Good to have aboard with us Bakary Jatta, what is your annual rainfall like...I live in the dry tropics here in Townsville North Queensland so we get very, very little rain for maybe 4/5yrs then associated with a big storm system like a cyclone get massive falls of almost 1m in 24-36hrs.

Bakary Jatta

Hi Sean,
Rainfall was 1.2 /yr average during about 4 months. However it has been dropping and rain gauges are stationary. One example: The nearest rain gauge is only a few km away and we once had a local cloudburst where we got 1.2 m in just 20 minutes. It washed out all the soil and water retention bunds built over a long period of time. Yet 5 km away there was no rain for a long time. The season also starts later then it used to and the first rain is usually insufficient for planting. Second rain may be enough but usually has a dry spell where a lot of the just germinated crop dries up. Later planting does not give enough time for traditional crops to mature. So adaptation to climate change must be considered seriously. (But is not by most) That is my interest and trees on the farm are part of it. Partial shade makes a noticeable difference. Local trees are a slow proposition and therefore I am augmenting them by using exotic species that have been around here for some time now. I am still looking for others that may be easy survivors here.

Bakary Jatta

treefeller

Welcome to all the new peeps, hope your enjoying the site

Eric Frei

Welcome welcome.

Some-one who can drive that Google Earth well and map Bakary's joint needs to do it and link us the co-ords.

Be interesting to see if we could get a map from 10 years ago too.

Bakary, are you trying to reforest only 1 hectare? Or more?

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Sean Freeman

Okay heres my attempt at indicating the location of Bwiam;
First in relation to the country as a whole.....yellow dot marks the spot



Now close up....Bakary copy the pic and mark where you live...

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Eric Frei

Not many trees but looks like a big river there!

Maybe they're doing what us Aussies have done to the Murray Darling river system ... sucked it dry, salinated and polluted it... see the latest, it's stuffed!

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MEAT

Wanted to stop by and say hello to all.

Eric Frei

G'day there MEAT

You in Florida hey, nice weather, similar to here but more hurricanes.

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Yale

Hi my name is Yale,
Im an arboist from NZ. I am just coming to the completition of my Level 4 training and looking to come over to Aus from November onwards. If anybody can sujest somewhere to start looking i would be very greatful. No real prioriety as to where in Aus.

Eric Frei

Hi Yale

That time of year ANYWHERE!

It's hot too, I think you should decide which city you are going to, any of the major cities you'll get work that time of year. Might get a break for Christmas though.

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Jeff Darby

Hi Yale,
Welcome to Tree World... The climate in NZ is colder than AU..correct me if I'm wrong?..So I would suggest to you if I may, Start your journey in Australia in Melbourne then work your way north aclimatising your self as you go. If you drop strait to QLD/FNQ you will melt for sure, As you know a overheated climber is much more likey to make a mistake and sometimes it only takes one!
That's me done.

Welcome once more, May The Only Limbs You Cut Be Wood.

Take care and all the best,
JayD

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Eric Frei

And since Yale ...

Welcome to all these guys, please dont be shy and you have been expressed to the validated user group so you should be able to log in and post away.

danam, csmallwood, thenorth, LJackmarko, yomammy, rangerdanger, dave_b_quick, Tobe Sherrill.

Any problems logging etc just go here and fill in the script and let me know WHO YOU ARE (USERNAME) in the big box message area when you are filling it in.

http://www.treeworld.info/sendmessage.php

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redstree

Howdy, everyone. Just heard about this site from a customer of mine who spoke very highly of it. This looks like a great site. I am an arborist from Connecticut, USA. Been in the business since about 1968 with some time off for the military.

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Eric Frei

Welcome Redstree

What a wealth of experience you would have then. That's near 40 years experience.

I wonder what it was like climbing and rigging in those days, what were saddles like and how heavy was the chainsaw?

We have a special area for qualified arbo's, just get ya posts up a bit and perhaps some pics, shoot me a PM when ya ready.

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DBS

where in CT redstree?

-Daryl

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Steve Tipton

Welcome! glad to see another old fart! ha ha

redstree

Daryl,

That would be right where you found me when you told me about this site.

"Welcome! glad to see another old fart! ha ha"

Ty, and I do not feel that old until Monday morning, after behavng like a 25 year old all weekend.

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DBS

Glad you found it ok there are many kind people here!!

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DBS

Redtsree,

i suspect this will become one of the "idle" sites on the PC while in between customers and faxing oblong order sheets to main office???

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Eric Frei

Does 45 make you an ole fart?

If so we got Ole fart's take downs today, the other guy is 47!

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Steve Tipton

Dad's army today, 52 to 61 y.o.

Bakary Jatta

Thanks to all who responded.

Sorry for the delay in posting, telephone went dead for some time. Deforestation is on-going but a new man at forestry is cracking down on illegal cutting. Survival of planted trees is low as soil is degraded too. Therefore I will try and demonstrate soil restoration by combining Jatropha Curcass, an energy source and soil improver, with other species. Remaining native tree species are preserved. A regional project has used me as an adviser for some years and community forests have been established over some time. The Google map shows mangroves along the river which are also at risk. The struggle continues.

Bakary Jatta

Sean Freeman

Bakary, glad you could get connected again, sounds like the phones have not improved much in over 20yrs!! Never mind we'll look forward to you keeping us abreast of your progress when ever you can....sounds very much like you are trying to build a permaculture system on your land.

Woody

Big G'day Ekka and all,
Havin trubs figurin out how to set up my details an s**t but lookin forward to gettin it!!!! (any help would b appreciated)lol.

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Eric Frei

What are you trying to set up?

On the blue bar above, click Quick Links and scroll down to the stuff ya want to do ... other than that ya doing fine, ya posting!

And welcome.

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dave502d

Helo to all.
Dave

Eric Frei

G'day Dave

Welcome to the site.

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rocksntrees

Hello! Im Andy from AZ. This is a cool site. I'm a certified arborist, certified tree worker, rock climber...blah..blah. Anyway, cant wait to learn something!

dave502d

Hello Andy, you came to right place. I have learn alot hear.