The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Is your cool compost… cool?Most backyard compost piles are cool, which means they don’t achieve consistent temperatures over 55 degrees Celsius for...
Friendship captures hearts
A novel published last year, inspired by the extraordinary friendship of Mount Alexander based teenagers, Jarrah Podesta and Mathilde Cross, has won...
Youth shine in awards
A big-hearted cyclist, young art entrepreneur and LGBTIQA+ community advocate are among Macedon Ranges Youth Award winners this year.
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
The great turning
There is both fear and mystique surrounding the turning of compost piles. Many people never turn...
Who’s for top dog?
Two border collies from Darraweit Guim are among the finalists to be named Top Office Dog in the feel-good campaign of the...
See the new centre
Embracia Childcare and Kindergarten is Kyneton's newest childcare centre located on the heritage-listed ‘Old Kyneton Hospital’ site.
Construction...
Student-led project to help homeless
An innovative new project aims to assist young people and families facing homelessness in Mount Alexander Shire, while also helping students develop...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Carbon cap and store
There is a little trick you can do every time you add ingredients to your...
Little voices, loud futures
Pete Dawson
More than 400 children from schools and people from around the Mount Alexander (Leanganook) Shire turned up...
Local couple’s cancer pledge
Castlemaine couple Marianne and Ross Allan has pledged a significant investment to the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation 'Pankind' to fast-track early detection...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Hot, or what?
There is a fever that gardeners catch once they have made their first successful hot compost...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel meadows
The good, the bad and the beautiful
In my work as a compost educator and volunteer on the YIMBY*...
