so it would be interesting to know what's happened to that five acres of hillside - do you know what's on there now?
When I first moved here I found a stand of bamboo that had been planted on top of the underground creek. Pile of rocks, no way I can dig it out so I resort to Roundup. Back then I was still able to convince myself I wasn't using a poison, the idea being that it killed the plant but became inert as soon as it touched the soil. I don't believe that any more.
Anyway I did get rid of the bamboo and then for years I piled composting branches on the spot in an act of expiation and finally I planted an avocado tree - loved getting a good crop last year so much I have planted more avocados, but lost my fruit set this year, possibly too much chicken poo.
Much as I am glad I killed the bamboo (I had imaginings of bamboo thickets coming up down Marshalls Creek), I don't think I could use Roundup again, I found the applicator bottle in the shed yesterday and threw it in the bin. All that yummy plastic waste. Do we really still hope that plastic-eating bacteria is going to develop and eat it all? I'm hoping for a new Ice Age, I think it might be kinder - I don't want to meet those plastic-eating bacteria after they've pigged out on the landfill.
