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Book 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 MoreAre Feral Pigs A Problem At Your Place?
Feral Pigs are like bulldozers in the bush. Come along to Derby Falls for this workshop ran by Local Land Services . Learn technical skills and management techniques.
Read MoreEducation Tours: HSc Food Technology & Hospitality Paddock-to-Plate
Mid Lachlan Landcare runs educational farm tours for a wide range of student populations including HSC Food Technology and Hospitality as part of their paddock-to-plate unit of work
Read MoreBeetle Watch. Biological Control of St John’s Wort.
One of our Landcare members was lucky enough to find themselves hosting a St John’s wort beetle party last week and was kind enough to share some pictures with us. These beetles are a biological control for this weed and can be used in your weed management strategy.
Read MoreOn the Search for Bathursts Earless Dragons
The Earless Dragon we’re discussing (Tympanocryptis mccartneyi) is tiny at around 13cm long, critically endangered and very tricky to spot given its preference for burrowing down with Wolf spiders and hiding out under rocks – not that any of that dented the spirits of the Grassland Earless Dragon Alliance.
Read MoreSoil’s Alive! Springtails Under the Microscope
2024 has been a year of encouraging our community to get up close and personal with their soil’s macro and microorganisms.
Read MoreCentral Tablelands Landcare Muster – Welcome to our Backyard
Mid Lachlan Landcare takes our Central Tablelands Landcare network to visit two best practice farms in the Cowra region.
Read MoreNative Plant Identification for Landholders in Parkes & Wellington
Native Plant Identification event with botanist Dan Clarke in Parkes and Wellington during October 2024. Hosted by Local Land Services as part of the Threatened Ecological Communities on Farms project funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust.
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 MoreFarming Forecastor – Soil Moisture Probes of the Mid Lachlan Region
The Farming forecastor tool measures and records soil moisture down to 60cm. It’s a great resource for educators, conservationists and graziers.
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