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UPCYCLING MILL WASTE
Musa Agri is doing his bit to promote West Australian timber by turning mill ends and other waste from saw mills into spoons, platters and tables. I took this photo at the Busselton Markets. He uses Jarrah, Marri and Sheoak...hence the name 3Woods Designs.
His love and passion for woodworking has travelled with him since his childhood in Sudan, where his uncle had a woodworking shop. He taught him at a young age how to use tools such as handsaws and planes.
"....When I moved from Sudan to Western Australia, I changed careers and worked as a mining laboratory technician for seven years in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia.
It wasn’t until I moved to the South West of Western Australia that I discovered this area’s unique and beautiful timbers. I particularly fell in love with three types of wood — jarrah, sheoak and marri."
His love and passion for woodworking has travelled with him since his childhood in Sudan, where his uncle had a woodworking shop. He taught him at a young age how to use tools such as handsaws and planes.
"....When I moved from Sudan to Western Australia, I changed careers and worked as a mining laboratory technician for seven years in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia.
It wasn’t until I moved to the South West of Western Australia that I discovered this area’s unique and beautiful timbers. I particularly fell in love with three types of wood — jarrah, sheoak and marri."
swale design in nannup
"..Into our 7 month without meaningful rain, and heatwaves from November on, and the swales aren't looking too bad." Bee Winfield
Here is a list of stock fodder trees we have planted on swales. So acacias and tagasastes are interspersed with the long term trees. Fodder species include tagasaste, bamboo, carob, oak, sheoak, comfrey, saltbush, honeysuckle, coprosma, willow, poplar, ash, mulberry, grape, fig, apple, stone fruit, ivy, kurrajongs ACACIA microbotrya ( Manna wattle) Mulga ( acacia Aneura) ACACIA saligna , Wilga (Geijera parviflora,) Belts of trees not only provide high quality browse but shade and shelter, salinity and erosion control, clean air and water in the landscape . Oh and timber trees might be handy in the future too..."
http://merribeeorganicfarm.blogspot.com.au/20…/…/swales.html
(Photo shows Bee Winfield's swales with browse planting)
Here is a list of stock fodder trees we have planted on swales. So acacias and tagasastes are interspersed with the long term trees. Fodder species include tagasaste, bamboo, carob, oak, sheoak, comfrey, saltbush, honeysuckle, coprosma, willow, poplar, ash, mulberry, grape, fig, apple, stone fruit, ivy, kurrajongs ACACIA microbotrya ( Manna wattle) Mulga ( acacia Aneura) ACACIA saligna , Wilga (Geijera parviflora,) Belts of trees not only provide high quality browse but shade and shelter, salinity and erosion control, clean air and water in the landscape . Oh and timber trees might be handy in the future too..."
http://merribeeorganicfarm.blogspot.com.au/20…/…/swales.html
(Photo shows Bee Winfield's swales with browse planting)
Future forestry & timber interactive centre
A recent story in the Busselton Dunsborough Times outlined a proposal for the old Ludlow Forestry Mill and Settlement
"...I wanted to turn the mill into a forestry and timber interactive centre and museum, make space available for volunteer and education groups and down the track there could be opportunities for a cafe.” said Peter Keynes (grandson of Dick Perry one of the very first forestry apprentices in Ludlow in 1917).
A Department of Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman said the department was liaising with the State Heritage Office on options for the future protection and management of Ludlow Forestry Mill and Settlement.
"...I wanted to turn the mill into a forestry and timber interactive centre and museum, make space available for volunteer and education groups and down the track there could be opportunities for a cafe.” said Peter Keynes (grandson of Dick Perry one of the very first forestry apprentices in Ludlow in 1917).
A Department of Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman said the department was liaising with the State Heritage Office on options for the future protection and management of Ludlow Forestry Mill and Settlement.
