Exercise 1.1: You As a Designer

Exercise 1.1: You as a designer

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1)Name and state the location of farm you have selected for this exercise.

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2)Describe the part of the farm you intend to use. For example you may select:

·a paddock

·an area around the stockyards

·an area around the house

·a hill which includes several paddocks.

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3)On your own paper, draw a map of the area you are working on. Include as much detail as you can in this map.
If you wish you can produce a drawing similar to the diagram of the Long’s property Bartlow instead of a map.

Use the following check list to help you work out what needs to be on your diagram.

4)Describe three functions which could be achieved by treesin the area you have drawn, for example shade, windbreaks from hot or cold winds, protection for crops. Refer to the list of aims that the Longs made for their farm for ideas.

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5)Draw on your diagram the location where you would put trees to achieve each of the three functions you have named.

6)You have read the information the Longs collected on farm tree design. This included information on:

Choose one windbreak on your diagram and consider these features. Mark the windbreak you have chosen on your diagram.

i)Explain the location of the windbreak.

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ii) Calculate how high your windbreak needs to be. Outline how you decided on this height.

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iii) Calculate how long your windbreak needs to be. Outline how you decided on this height.

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iv)Assess whether your windbreak needs to be permeable.

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v) Outline how many rows the windbreak will have and discuss how you decided on this number.

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vi) Outline the spacing of the trees within the rows of the windbreak and discuss how you decided on this figure.

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Sustainable farm production – Exercise 1.1