Quote of the Moment:
“All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
B.T.
Landscape Management Workshop 2005
Profile No.1: "Workshop Camp"
Management Objectives
- Aesthetics
- Ease of walking
- Low fuel
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Site description / history:
- Vegetation: Forest opening with pruned grasses and mostly bloodwood trees
- Ground Cover: Covered with approx. 2cm deep leaf and dry grass litter, partly decomposed
- Soil Surface: Compacted gray dry soil, mostly sand and clay
- Last Rainfall: Rainfall on Kachana 2004/2005
- Fire: Burnt 2y previously for demonstration purposes, otherwise no recent fire history
- Biological: Treated with livestock for 24h the day before sampling
- Mechanical: slashing twice a year
- Chemical: No chemical treatment
Profile description:
- 0-7cm: Compact top layer with some humus and moisture, little chunks held together by grass roots; color: dark gray
- 7-14cm: Light compact soil, no moisture, some small tree roots, no chunks; color: light gray
- 14-40cm: Sandy soil with some clay, slightly moist, lesser grass roots, lots of insect tubes and holes, less compaction,
some compacted chunks; color: light brown to gray
- 40-50cm: More moisture, some grass roots, lesser insect activity; color: light brown
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Comments:
Due to different treatments with animals and machines (tractor) this soil is compact and dry. Its water intake and storage
capacity is limited. Still there is a lot of biological activity going on and you can find several insect tunnels and hollows.
Soil surface
Profile 1
Laid out profile
Insect hollow
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