Comments on: Edible and Ecological Windbreaks to Support Home and Garden

By: Richard C. Lambert

Richard C. Lambert — Wed, 24 May 2017 04:11:54 +0000

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By: RobynLouise

RobynLouise — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 06:49:11 +0000

Thanks so much for this post. I am in a new area, living in what will be my last home, with a few undeveloped acres and free license to do whatever I like with the gardens. A deciduous windbreak is one of the items I need to plan and progress with so the more ideas I have the better.

By: Nanna Chel

Nanna Chel — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 06:49:11 +0000

Yes that is the same one we have. We bought it from Green Harvest. Hubby's birds love it but the chooks don't seem to eat it. I read it was good for the compost. I need to cook it and see what it tastes like as apparently it can be used instead of potatoes.

By: Jean Belstead

Jean Belstead — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:37:31 +0000

Keen to hear more about wind breaks, yesss … thankyou

By: Nanna Chel

Nanna Chel — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:37:29 +0000

Morag what do you think about using Arrowroot as a windbreak? We have it growing here and it is spreading like wildfire.

By: Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life

Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:40:58 +0000

I use it at the edge of a perennial vegetable garden system – usually on the western side to provide afternoon shade. I use it's growth to add biomass to my compost, to feed the chickens. I use it as chop and drop mulch. I add it to the under layers of a no-dig garden. I eat it…. It doesn't get much of a chance to get away in my garden. I always use Canna edulis though – this is the only edible one (QLD Arrowroot). It has a more clumping growth patterns than the other cannas.