The greatest meal is a grateful one
The Gisborne Community Care Foodbank is the biggest of its kind in the region, moving 11 tonnes of food and essential items...
Rats, mice, compost and food growing
It’s a tricky subject, but one we can’t avoid, particularly as we head further into autumn and the harvest season: how do...
Navy veteran to lead service
Kyneton Navy veteran Luke Bordonaro will lead this year’s Mount Macedon Anzac Day Dawn Service, which will take place on April 25...
I just made the worst compost I have made in years!
I was putting a finished compost pile out on the garden recently, but as I was forking it into the barrow, I...
Four hours of magical music
Resonance String Orchestra is hosting a Big String Day on Saturday at Castlemaine Secondary College.
The all-ages event will...
Cancer care project appeal for funds
Kyneton Health is calling on the community to help raise funds for a scalp cooler to enhance the care provided to their...
Kitchen garden grows
Kyneton High School has partnered with Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health and successfully secured a $50,000 grant from the state government to...
Are they maggots in my compost?!
Over the warmer months it is not uncommon, when turning our compost piles, to uncover a particular fly’s larvae (or maggots) in...
Bakery in full Blume
Blumes Historic Bakery in Harcourt was officially reopened to the public last Saturday after years of restoration work.
About...
How’d you like them apples?
Hundreds of people flocked to Harcourt Recreation Reserve last Saturday for the town’s 31st annual Applefest.
Marquees were set...
What to do with a compost that is too hot?
In last-week’s Compost Conversation we looked at what makes some batches of compost go over temperature (over 68o Celsius), and why that...
Building connections by a simple visit
Valuable connections are forming through Macedon Ranges Shire Council's Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme.
The free service, federally funded,...
