Kyneton rallies for the forest
About 500 Kyneton locals joined Victorian Greens Senator, Janet Rice, and comedian Arj Barker in an organised protest march last Sunday against salvage logging in the Wombat State Forest.
Locals urged to march for forests
Environmental campaigner Bob Brown is urging locals to join the Victorian 'March in March for Forests' taking place in Kyneton this Sunday...
The importance of trees
The Kyneton Horticultural Society will host the exuberant and dynamic Dr Greg Moore as its guest speaker on Monday March 18.
Wombat Forest habitat at risk
Wombat Forestcare is continuing its call for VicForests to cease storm damage salvage works in the Wombat State Forest and for the state government to fast-track the creation of a new Wombat-Lerderderg National Park.
The Compost Conversation
Do you feel the itch to learn how and why to make great compost, or solve your compost problems, or put compost theory into action?
The Compost Conversation – Hot composting
If you want to start hot composting – getting your compost to heat up to at least 55o Celsius for at least three days.
The Compost Conversation – The dirt on compost forks
When it comes to the work of composting; building, turning, moving and distributing, forks are the tool of choice. There are three...
Permaculture experts teaching sustainable design
A 16-week Permaculture Design Course, led by local permaculture experts, Beck Lowe and Ian Lillington, will be running in Castlemaine this February.
A passion to restore the land
As a kid, Fletcher Bakewell dreamed of owning a bit of land he could restore, a canvas on which he could help nature to flourish and bring back the integrity of the land.
‘Leave the place in better condition’
Local waterways are often interwoven
into the lives and histories of the families that live beside them.
The Compost Conversation: The compost screw – What a corker
Many of our gardening tools have a history going back centuries, if not millennia. The compost screw (or corkscrew) is a newcomer.
The Compost Conversation: Free carbon – do we want it?
Paper and cardboard are readily available, free ingredients that are easy additions to our compost piles.
