Landcare Officer Rebecca Archer
Landcare Officer-
Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
5 months agoTrees on Farms 5 months agoWe thought this topic needed to be included in the community and to start things off we pulled this webinar out of the archives to get you thinking!
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/agroforestry-growing-trees-for-conservation-profit/
lowerblackwood.com.au
Agroforestry - Growing Trees For Conservation & Profit - Webinar Recording - Lower Blackwood LCDC
Simply put, agroforestry means combining agriculture and trees. Agroforestry is a land management approach with multiple benefits. Planting trees on farms can
-
Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new event. 10 months ago
Managing Pastures with Foliar NutritionA One Day Workshop with Joel Williams While much of our focus is taken up with trying to rectify soil deficiencies with soil amendments, there…
-
Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
10 months agoMake Your Own Biological Inputs 10 months agoHappy new year to all
We brought the farm a Xmas present this year being a Tow and Fert 500 litre foliar spray trailer. Has a single spray nozzle that can handle up to 3mm particles with a 8-10m spray width.
It’s probably on the small side for us but will spray out the 500 litres across 2-3ha in about 20 minutes. I managed to get two loads out in…
View more comments-
Will be interesting to see how the pasture responds. Let us know how it goes.
-
Now I’m really jealous.. looks so much better than my sprayer!!
- View more comments
-
-
Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
11 months agoPerennial & Biodiverse Pastures 11 months agoNext update on irrigation paddocks that were seeded on 8 October with the Soilkee.
Best laid plans was to have the seed in at the start of October which should then have seen about 4 weeks of rain plus top up irrigation to get them established. Well last real rain was 3 October so has been irrigation only.
We have had a first graze but it’s all…
-
Yes, pulling off a summer cover crop in this environment is proving to be very challenging, plus the soil disturbance one needs to carry out to deal with the existing stand of growth from the rainy season in order to successfully seed in spring.
No one is summer cropping the same species we use in summer cover crops in this area, for good…
- View 4 replies
-
-
Mark Tupman posted an update a year ago
Cover crop seeded same day, same species, same rate. Fairly decent karri loam soil. Healthy growth and no red legged earth mite damage on all the paddocks except one area where some soil scraped off to construct a dam was spread. Same parent soil, just without seasons of pasture growth and biological activity to improve soil function… Read more
