Are rabbits destroying your lawn and eating your veggies? The Drouin Rabbit Control & Landcare Group are hosting a rabbit fencing demonstration day. Come and learn how to install rabbit proof fencing on your property. Dominc Bromilow from Deepergreen and Tyson Dennis from Baw Baw Shire will be our two presenters. Have a go at […]
The Western Port Catchment Landcare Network invites you to our Annual General Meeting and Dinner at the Soldiers Memorial Hall at Nar Nar Goon. Our guest speaker will be Cambell Klose, Campaign Director for Farmers for Climate Action. Cambell Klose is a communications and engagement professional with experience in designing and executing successful multi-platform campaigns. […]
You are invited to the next WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group with Damien Adcock at Lardner Park Damien will be our guest presenter and he will show us the pasture species trials he has established at Lardner Park. We will view some alternate species such as plantain, chicory, brassicas, along with a range of clovers, […]
Every creature leaves traces of their DNA in their surrounding aquatic or terrestrial environment, through skin cells, hair, and other bodily secretions. This is environmental DNA (eDNA). Josh Griffiths (platypus expert) will be guiding us on the day The farm dams eDNA program was an outstanding success & identified some endangered species living on farm […]
You are invited to our next discussion group which will have a ‘Fencing’ focus. Andrew Gadd from Waratah fencing will bring along samples & props and will talk about fencing materials and methods for different purposes such as biosecurity, fire, wildlife, livestock etc. This will be an interesting morning and we will all learn something […]
You are invited to attend the next organic vegie/fruit growers discussion group at Coolibah Herbs Warragul farm. Coolibah Herbs was formed in the early 1980s by Michael and Jenny Bogicevic, and has grown to be possibly the largest organic vegetable farm in Australia. We are privileged to be able to visit the 70ha organic farm at […]
Gippsland Agroforestry Network Invites you to their Annual Christmas Field Day at Australian Sustainable Hardwoods, Weir Rd, Heyfield at 10am, Saturday, December 7th Your Agroforestry Market? Tours of the processing plant and the green mill will follow morning tea. Australian Sustainable Hardwoods is your local state-of-the-art sawmill and value-added building-product manufacturer. As a Victorian tax-payer […]
The Cardinia Food Movement are hosting a Farm & Food Festival to celebrate the first anniversary of Cardinia's Community Food Strategy and the Pakenham School Farm and Community Project. This is a FREE Community Event. This event will feature: Local food producers Pop up talks: beekeepers, a fermenter and a chef who prepares healthy meals […]
You are invited to our next discussion group which will have a ‘Soils’ focus. Stephen Todd will talk briefly about this the Dromana Climate Smart Farm & we are very fortunate to have Adrianna Marchand from ‘Bootstrap Environmental Services’ attending. Adrianna will teach us how to conduct a physical soil assessment in the paddock which […]
Healthy soil microbiology and invertebrate microfauna are critical for agriculture and wildlife alike. Having planned, landscape-wide core areas and linkages with healthy leaf litter and and soil microbiology can repopulate soils damaged by bushfire. Speakers: Dr Mary Cole and Andrew Kelly. RSVP for catering purposes to Pat McWhirter 6th February 2020 to patvet@bigpond.com
