Mid Lachlan Landcare
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Category: Soils of the Region
Soil Microbiology on Farms
By late November, with around 10 test strips left I headed out with Grazing Group leader Scott Hickman to a farm in Carcoar and to a farmer who’se been doing quite a bit of experimenting of his own in the soil biology space
Read MoreBeyond Soil Sustainability: Wisdom from Gabe Brown, Col Seis & Walter Jehne
Beyond Soil Sustainability: Wisdom from Gabe Brown, Col Seis & Walter Jehne was an event organised by Upper Mooki Landcare.
Read MoreBook Notes: For the Love of Soil by Nicole Masters
For the Love of Soil is a truly marvelous book, filled with case study notes, personal anecdotes, digestive metaphores and practical hints and tips as to how best to learn about and fall in love with the soil you live on and manage.
Read MoreLLS Podcast: Key Indicators to look for if salt is an issue on your farm with Andrew Wooldridge
Mid-Lachlan Landcare, on behalf of the Department of Department of Climate Change Energy Environment and Water, is conducting snapshot salinity water testing along tributaries that flow into the Lachlan & Belubula Rivers. Our lead for that project, Andrew Wooldridge spoke on this topic to Jasmine Wells on the Seeds for Success podcast by Central West Local Land Services.
Read MoreOur Soil Microbiology Project Goes Global!
We know it’s a big week for our friends over in the USA but did not expect to wake up this morning and find nearly 1000 of them had landed on our little old website! Turns out the good people…
Read MoreCitizen Science Success Stories – Fungi Map & the IUCN’s red list assessments
Those of you who know Mid Lachlan Landcare know that we’re both mycology and citizen science enthusiasts, sharing our passion for both accross many events, including Mycology May & the Great Southern Bioblitz each year. So, when our friends at Fungimap published a link to some interesting reserch that combined these two passions, we just had to give it a closer look…
Read MoreFuture Drought Fund-Farm Business Resilience Program. Weeds as Indicators of Soil Health
Weeds on farm, what are they telling us about soil health including soil microbiology, about our land use and management practices and about the broader environment.
Read MoreSoil’s Alive – Exploring the unique soil microbiome of the Mid Lachlan Region
Over the course of eight weeks between May and June, Mid lachlan Landcare sampled the microbiome of twenty eight unique sites spanning from public (Cemeteries, Travelling Stock Reserves) to private (Cropping and Grazing farms). With each site being sampled an average of four times we ended up with one hundred and fifteen sample plots, each of which played a small yet important role in uncovering the rich and diverse microbiome of the Mid Lachlan region.
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