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Supporting the next generation of young women in Agriculture with the Cowra Show Society.
Earlier this month Tracee & I were invited to join the Cowra Show Society at their opening night cocktail party as guests of Emily Hill who was in the running to become Cowra’s 2025 Young Woman. Emily is my youngest…
Read MoreCarp Compost Tea Results Are In
Back in July we gathered up some of the carp caught during the Canowindra Carp Muster & took it back to Emu Park farm, Canowindra to turn it into fertiliser. We did this by (sort of) following a tried-and-tested biological…
Read MorePaddock Walk at Nanami
Fantastic day today with Central Tablelands Local Land Services and Eugowra Catchment Landcare learning all about plant ID with botanist Dan Clarke from Arcane Botanica. I forgot to get pictures of most of the amazing things we found but did…
Read MoreEarth & Environment Science Tour with Hunter Valley Grammar School
We had a wonderful afternoon with Hunter Valley Grammar School’s Earth & Environment Science students & their teachers. We started off in Canowindra at the Age of Fishes Museum & a surprise visit from a 2 week old poddy lamb…
Read MoreBounding Into Spring with our Grazing Group
Friday 29th August had us at Cooyong in Crowther for our ‘Bounding into Spring’ grazing group meet up. Cooyong is a 600 Ha mixed farming business consisting of a prime lamb operation using planned grazing management principles incorporating irrigation &…
Read MoreUtilising the Power of Microbes to Turn Carp into Fertiliser
I turned my Laptop on and ‘Zoomed’ into the last Carp Muster planning meeting a few weeks before the big event only to find that I’d (and my that I mean us at Mid Lachlan Landcare) had been deligated the job of managing the dead Carp. What a great opportunity!
Read More10 ways to increase farm biodiversity without costing too much.
Wendy Bowman, chair of Mid Lachlan Landcare and Beef Producer from Canowindra gave a 5 minute lightning talk on 10 ways to increase farm biodiversity without costing too much during the 2025 Central Tablelands Landcare Muster
Read MoreHabitat Connectivity. A collaborative approach for the Glossy Black Cockatoo
We have booked to talk about our project in the Blue Mountains on Saturday 7th June from 4pm-6pm at the Planetary Health Centre in Katoomba where we’ll focus on explaining the habits & preferences of our local population of Glossies, how & why farmers are playing an important role in boosting connectivity & what large-scale connectivity could look like for this and other species.
Read MoreMid Lachlan Landcare’s Grazing Group is back!
Mid Lachlan Landcare’s ‘Growing the Grazing Revolution’ program has been actively supporting graziers wishing to maintain & grow healthy landscapes, stock and business enterprises since 2010. This long-standing project was built on the philosophy that there’s power in getting people together and there’s inherent value within community.
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.
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