May 2020 is going to be a very exciting month for those of us involved in the vegetable industry in Gippsland and Australia more broadly, and even more so this year as East Gippsland comes to terms with the impacts of the bushfires.
Today at Farming Secrets we recorded a Q & A session with Helen & Hugo. I asked them to explain the reasons they suggest starting your transition to chemical free farming by doing the Ecological Soil Management Course.
Looking for steps to recover your soil after a bushfire? Listen in to soil expert, Nicole Masters as she speaks to farmers in California.
Demand for Frank’s Compost Makes Him Go Organic. This is a great story of a passion for farming, combined with innovation and persistence.
As many of you will know, the fight for copyright was an 8 year campaign Big hART ran with the Namatjira family, which produced our award-winning theatre production, countless exhibitions…
Kirsten and David Jones grow garlic and recently shared their operation at the Mardan-Mirboo Landcare Sustainable Farm Day. This is a warts and all presentation! Kirsten Jones started the highly successful…
We have to insist that our school teachers, those people that we allow to talk with our children are well trained. One of the lowest paid occupations in Australia is kindergarten teacher.
Michael Jeffery states that Australia as a nation should have a common purpose to restore and maintain the health of the Australian landscape. Farmers find it hard to change and need to…
Tony Coote owns Mulloon Creek Farm and created a vision for the whole of the Mulloon Creek catchment, which includes about 40 km of creek, to be repaired and the whole landscape rehydrated.
Michael Jeffery has observed the innovative and successful steps that Martin Royds has taken to change his whole farming system from conventional to regenerative.
Allan Savory asks what will consistently work to resolve the desertification problem hence the loss of wildlife. His solution is profoundly simple but agrees no one solution is correct.
Peter Andrews talks about his property Tarwyn Park with Viv Benton and the benefits of Natural Sequence Farming.
Gerhard is showing farmers how to use a penetrometer. It is a handy tool to measure compaction.
This is the latest online news from Dr. Elaine Ingham. Discover more about how your soil functions.
Dr. Jonathan Lundgren has been doing a lot of research on neonicotinoids and the RNAi technology. He has also been getting a lot of push
With all of the various techniques that exist to grow a garden, the straw bale gardening method is certainly worth consideration if you’re looking for
In this TED talk, mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. Like the
We’re pleased to announce that the new revised edition of David Murphy’s book “Organic Growing with Worms” is out and about! This is the book
***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT For the first time in 3 years Tarwyn Park Training will be offering participants the opportunity to complete the 5 training modules (10
Ron and Bev Smith share one of their tips learned from years of experience running a biodynamic dairy farm.
As Soil Lovers we respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we work and pay our respects to the Elders past present and emerging.
When caring for your land take a moment in stillness to respect the wisdom your land is sharing with you.
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