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Peach leaf curl:

http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/r602100311.html

UC recommends those mitigating measures, but they all go against my beliefs. If something wants to die, it gets to die, and I replace it with something that wants to live. I will never spray something like fungicide on my trees, because it kills ALL fungus, and mushrooms are the MVP of any food forest. It’s what is wrong with how we grow food by eradication and sterilization.

So what have I done the last 5 years? I pull affected leaves as soon as possible, and remove them entirely. I do not chop and drop them as I do not want the fungus to be splashed up and have spores land on new leaves. The new leaves almost always have no infection.

I will continue to do this until it gets out of hand, and then I will replace peaches with pears or apples or something else that grows well here – trying out other varieties of peaches that are strong against this. My newest peaches are varieties that claim strength against peach leaf curl, such as Frost and Reliance. HOWEVER, it has been 5 years of doing this now, and my peaches are routinely my best producers, even after removing affected leaves and “setting them back” in this way. It’s not much work, and it solves the problem good enough. I refuse to spray fungicide or copper and it’s not needed (opinion only).

Other updates:

Pond water clearing up

Polyculture lawn is what our lawns should be. Permaculturists tend to seethe and anger at the mention of a “lawn”. However, grasslands to sequester carbon. What is bad about lawns is nutrient and water sucking monocultures. However, a balanced polyculture lawn can be a benefit to an ecosystem. Not 100% of our space is ever in production – that is unrealistic, especially for someone living with a family and kids. However, for all lawns you DO have, I highly suggest a polyculture lawn.

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