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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

How about this one … $98,000

A 5.5 hectare freshly cut over forestry block with a native bush reserve, stream and waterfall. Easy paper road access. Approximately 19 kms to the East Coast tourist town of Taipa. Can be bought with an adjoining 20.0 hectares is an ex forestry block.

Listing: https://www.realestate.co.nz/42164989/rural/sale/lot-25-00-dutton-road-peria

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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

You do realise pine is a natural herbicide? So it will only be suitable for growing more pine for the next 20 years.

Apart from that there is a reason 5 million kiwis are not snapping up that bargain...

Location, location, location.

Its certainly off grid though!


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  ·  2 years ago  ·   (edited)

Yes …. I would plant a blueberry farm. They love acidic soil.

Acid-Loving Fruits

Homestead-favorite acid-loving fruits include cranberries, blueberries, elderberry, huckleberries, thimbleberries, and gooseberries, all of which perform best in soil with a pH of 4.0 to 5.0.

Acid-Loving Vegetables

Sweet corn and cucumbers also like acidic soil, doing well in soil with a pH of 5.5 to 7.5…. Beans, broccoli, turnips and tomatoes, squash, and onions.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

I'm sure it would work like a charm and that is a nice place to live as well - lol

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  ·  2 years ago  ·   (edited)

I thought it was the tannin from ther pine litter:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3450345/

  ·  2 years ago  ·   (edited)

Acid and Herbicide, two entirely different things. Theres a reason there's absolutely no blueberry or pretty much anything else in a pine forest, I have a bit of pine woods, and I've been among the Giant Sequoias, guess what, only ferns and an odd shrub.

  ·  2 years ago  ·   (edited)

My blueberry bushes love growing among my White pines.

Both blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) and pine (Pinus spp.) like acidic soil, and both thrive in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 though 10, making them ideal planting partners. The berry plants' shallow roots won't bother the pine, and both will enjoy regular irrigation.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

Interesting, I've seen manzanita and oaks, some birch, but no fruit trees, no berries in pine forests, in North Carolina I've seen entire swaths of only pines.

  ·  2 years ago  ·   (edited)

Meanwhile …. Here in Canada and USA ….

All along Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario …. the White pine and blueberries grow side by side.

Wherever the pine needles blow ….

So all along the sunny meadows next to the Pine trees is where you will find the best blueberries….

It’s also where you will find the Black bears.

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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

Anything else?

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

https://search.brave.com/images?q=wild%20blueberries

Not really in the forest at all, surrounded by pines. More like on the periphery. Probably because the sun.