Weeds are big problem for all gardens. Gardeners know very well how difficult to keep weed under control. Weeds grows so quickly that they can completely drown out all other crops. Manual treatment takes a very long time. Also, such …
We need to ask ourselves how organic farming is evolving into farming practices, both in the Australia and globally. How is it evolving into farming practices today?
The answer is growing. Organic farming has been around since the early 1920s, …
1. Provide sufficient shelter This should including protection from all weathers, and growing tree belts around the area you intend to stock sheep. Plants belts of fast and medium growing trees around the area to be protected. Use European oaks …
Many of you know that for many years now I have been producing lick blocks for all sorts of applications. It seems that many farmers still like to use the urea blocks of old.
Now I am a great believer …
Pasture 0-10cm, Vegetable and field crops 0-15 cm, Tree and vines 0-25 cms
Collect cores of soil, by walking across the paddock from diagonal corner to corner, and then walk back from the other two corners so you have formed …
Prior to starting any new fertiliser program be it organic or chemical, we recommend that each farm performs its own testing, this includes testing their soil, irrigation water and of course a leaf tissue test on the plants/crops that they …
Look out they may be back- the giant African snail!
They are an enormous pest that lay up to 1200 eggs every year and are the size of a cricket ball! They can survive all sorts of extreme temperatures, some …
Organic material washed into dams can lead to water becoming unattractive to livestock and possibly toxic. The main carrier of contamination is rapid water flow from thunderstorms during the dry season, carrying loose organic material from the catchment.
There are …
A TOMATO sauce bottle hangs from the roof in the middle of the Marles family’s dairy at Meningie, in South Australia.
Dangling from a piece of string in the 10-a-side double- up, the bottle is in easy reach for a …
