Lower Blackwood LCDC | Geoff Constantine | Activity https://lowerblackwood.com.au/members/consty/activity/ Activity feed for Geoff Constantine. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:20:17 +0800 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-AU 30 hourly 2 688bd43b0392d602473aef5cb374b32c Geoff Constantine replied to the discussion Wind breaks in the forum Trees on Farms https://lowerblackwood.com.au/groups/trees-on-farms/forum/discussion/wind-breaks/#post-21012 Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:33:39 +0800 Reply to Wind breaks

Thanks for your initial contact Rebecca – I have had a bit of trouble negotiating this site – I wonder if you can see my recent post and photos directly below your post?

]]> 85a733badf0952629e7c56129ef3a12f Geoff Constantine replied to the discussion Wind breaks in the forum Trees on Farms https://lowerblackwood.com.au/groups/trees-on-farms/forum/discussion/wind-breaks/#post-20819 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:17:10 +0800 Reply to Wind breaks

Ok – thanks for the feed back and sorry for the delay in keeping my inquiry in the discussion.
I have finally managed to take a few photos – the last being the distance of about 35m from my southern Melanoxylon tree windbreak which was planted by the previous owners many years ago to my new orchard.
Coffee rock outcrops but deep clay underneath…

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]]> 8cda27fabb740e44a3c4fa53d7f72e24 Geoff Constantine posted an update: Ok - thanks for the feed back and sorry for the delay […] https://lowerblackwood.com.au/news-feed/p/4887/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:24:08 +0800 Ok – thanks for the feed back and sorry for the delay in keeping my inquiry in the discussion.
I have finally managed to take a few photos – the last being the distance of about 35m from my southern Melanoxylon tree windbreak which was planted by the previous owners many years ago to my new orchard.
Coffee rock outcrops but deep clay underneath…

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]]> 0 96e204d7cbcb7eea87efd6f59b191cad Geoff Constantine replied to the discussion Wind breaks in the forum Trees on Farms https://lowerblackwood.com.au/groups/trees-on-farms/forum/discussion/wind-breaks/#post-19056 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:23:45 +0800 Reply to Wind breaks

Great to hear from you Charles – I will take some photos today and post them to give you an idea of my problem.

]]> 6e68d06160877e63c2cebe3729e93b75 Geoff Constantine started the discussion Wind breaks in the forum Trees on Farms https://lowerblackwood.com.au/groups/trees-on-farms/forum/discussion/wind-breaks/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:17:35 +0800 Wind breaks

Hello – this is my first post/ inquiry – so here goes.
I have a mature windbreak planted by the original owners of my property perhaps 25 years ago – they are predominately Melanoxylon and are now over 20m tall – leaving big gaps underneath for wind intrusion.
I recently planted a 50 tree mixed fruit orchard in a fully netted enclosure around…

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