Community News
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The Compost Conversation – Compost too dense?
Imagine you live at the very bottom of a compost pile. As the pile is added to every week or so, the volume above you gets larger and heavier with every new compost making session. Before too long you are living under a few hundred kilos of breaking-down compost, the air getting squished out and…
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Fostering a love of music
Do you have a little one with a love of music? Well, you will be delighted to learn that RazzBerry JAMZ is offering weekly ‘ToddlerJAM’ workshops at the Uniting Church Hall in Castlemaine.
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Biography program comes to the Ranges
Older people living in aged care residences in the Macedon Ranges can now have their precious memories recorded in a biography to share with families and friends. The biography is produced free of cost by trained volunteers from the not-for-profit organisation, Beyond Words. Beyond Words chairman, Richard Hill, said the program provided an important, life-affirming…
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Tony Davis wins another accolade
Macedon Ranges’ Citizen of the Year for 2024, Tony Davis, has won another accolade.
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‘Parky Pals’ offer support, hope and friendship
Castlemaine now has its own Parkinson’s support group, affectionately known as ‘Parky Pals’.
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The Compost Conversation – Flat out for great compost
Note: We have decided to leave our article on making biochar until after the fire season is passed. There is one pro-composting tip that sets the serious composters apart from the pack. It is so simple you might not believe what a difference it can make, but if I could share only one composting tip…
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Op shop fashion fundraiser
The Kindness Collective at Kyneton is hosting an Op Shop Fashion Parade fundraiser next month to help raise funds for the Kyneton Foodbank. Amid cost of living pressures, the Kindness Collective is seeing daily increases of people signing up to use the foodbank and coming in for soup kitchen lunches. “The fashion parade fundraiser will…
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Bag a bargain at Woodend
The Woodend Whole Town Garage Sale is making its comeback on Saturday March 2. Now in its 11th year, the event saw over 40 houses register last year, proving the saying, “someone’s trash is another person’s treasure”. Woodend residents are encouraged to register their address to secure a spot on the town-wide garage sale map.…
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The Compost Conversation – Biocharging your compost
There is lots of interest, quite a bit of hype and some pretty optimistic hope pinned on biochar and what it might be able to do to improve agricultural soil and yields while simultaneously drawing carbon out of the atmosphere for a very long time. A clearer picture is starting to emerge about the best…
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Inspirational speaker
Woodend’s Victoria Hotel will be the venue for another inspirational guest speaker for the first Birds of a Feather event for 2024.
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The Compost Conversation: The cure for your compost
It can be tempting to try to spread our compost out before it is fully cured, but there are good reasons to not rush things.
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The Compost Conversation – Straightening the hay from the straw
There is a bit of confusion out there between ‘straw’ and ‘hay’. You hear them used interchangeably but they are quite different products and play different roles in our compost piles. Let’s have a look at what makes each distinct. Hay is grass or other pasture plants that are cut when they are still green…