There’s a fly in my compost
Occasionally we get a distressed call at YIMBY informing us someone has fruit fly in their compost…Common names can be a bit misleading, and...
Postcards wanders Woodend
Travel and lifestyle TV show Postcards visited Woodend last week to highlight some of the wonderful food and leisure options available in town.
The...
Busker honoured
Well-known Gisborne busking identity, Melvyn Cann, has been honoured in a ceremony at an Elbow Room Concert of the Melbourne Composers League.
In its...
Let’s talk teens
Are you worried about your teen and their relationship with drugs, alcohol or vaping? Do you need your questions answered by an expert?
Go along...
Twilight festival cancelled
Kyneton Community House's popular twilight festival has been cancelled this year due to a shortfall in funds and volunteers.
Typically held in December in the...
Food and gift drive launches
Journey Early Learning at Kyneton has launched a food and gift drive to support local people doing it tough this Christmas.
The team is collecting...
Not foul manure, fowl manure
‘Gallus gallus’, the red junglefowl, once roamed wild in the forests of South Asia, but has, through long years of selective breeding, become quite...
Partnership to boost harvest project
For the past 15 years the Growing Abundance project has been bringing people in Mount Alexander Shire together.
It has created a viable local food...
Boltons celebrates 40 years
Bolton Motorcycles and Power Equipment has been a trusted name in the Kyneton community for 40 years.
The family business recently celebrated that milestone, and...
Horse manure, worming and compost
This week the Compost Conversation has enlisted the help of local vet and large animal specialist, Dr Paul O’Connor, to better understand horse health...
The power of collaboration
An inaugural Village Business Expo was abuzz in Maldon last Thursday, with 30 exhibitors from across the region on display.
The event attracted more...
Straight from the horse’s…
Although horses no longer perform the major traction and transport roles they once did in our society, our increased human population, growing affluence (a...
