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  • Bag a bargain at Woodend

    Bag a bargain at Woodend

    Midland Express

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    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.…

  • The Compost Conversation – Biocharging your compost

    The Compost Conversation – Biocharging your compost

    Midland Express

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    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…

  • Inspirational speaker

    Inspirational speaker

    Midland Express

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    Woodend’s Victoria Hotel will be the venue for another inspirational guest speaker for the first Birds of a Feather event for 2024.

  • The Compost Conversation: The cure for your compost

    The Compost Conversation: The cure for your compost

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    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.

  • The Compost Conversation – Straightening the hay from the straw

    The Compost Conversation – Straightening the hay from the straw

    Midland Express

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    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…

  • Emergency guide launched

    Emergency guide launched

    Midland Express

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    Mount Alexander Shire residents now have access to a new Emergency Essentials Guide thanks to the Castlemaine SES and input from other local emergency services.

  • Radio gives kids a voice

    Radio gives kids a voice

    Midland Express

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    A new radio program ‘Mount Alexander Kids Radio’ (MAK Radio) is giving local kids a voice on community radio station MainFM 94.9.

  • Charity lunch at Trentham

    Charity lunch at Trentham

    Midland Express

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    The Cosmopolitan Hotel will host an inaugural International Women’s Day Charity Lunch in Trentham on Friday March 8.

  • Swap keeps clothes from landfill

    Swap keeps clothes from landfill

    Midland Express

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    The Trentham Fashion Swap team is hosting the first of four clothing swaps for 2024 on Sunday February 18, in a great new location at the Trentham Neighbourhood Centre.

  • Reflections of a composter

    Reflections of a composter

    Midland Express

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    In this week’s Compost Conversation, the team from YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) bid farewell to their very first YIMBY composter. Melinda Jane took a leap of faith and joined YIMBY at the beginning of 2021. During this time, 2834 kgs of food scraps were processed in her backyard. She collected 919 buckets from…

  • The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows

    The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows

    Midland Express

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    The big chop It’s important to chop our compost ingredients fine enough so that they have the right consistency to break down perfectly in our compost piles, not too coarse, not too fine, think about every bit of nitrogen-rich food scrap being small enough to be in good contact with some carbon-rich ingredient. Let’s have…

  • Sowing seeds of kindness

    Sowing seeds of kindness

    Midland Express

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    A robust community garden in New Gisborne is helping to put fresh food on the table for vulnerable residents.