Seeds from the 2018 harvest in the Snowy mountains and Blue mountains are now being prepared for sowing. Lots of exploration of old plantations and discussions with locals led to the discovery of a few stands of Douglas fir, Blue spruce and Norway spruce, amongst other species. Some of these stands were so old that the only way to harvest cones off the 40+m high trees was by shooting. My aim still needs some work but the effort (and packs of bullets) were well worth it.
- Lawrence
