Farm News
Farm fence working bee THIS Saturday
02/09/10 16:41
Just a quick reminder that the next Farm
fence working bee session is
THIS Saturday 4 September, 9:30
am to 1 pm.
Meet at the Dianella Farm gate behind the Mines house.
In case of inclement weather check with Tony G on 0413 407 150 or 8556 6783 as to whether the session will go ahead.
Meet at the Dianella Farm gate behind the Mines house.
In case of inclement weather check with Tony G on 0413 407 150 or 8556 6783 as to whether the session will go ahead.
"Earthship" for Environmental Education Centre?
20/07/09 15:24
The Farm Team is looking at the possibility of an
“Earthship” on the Farm for use as an
Environmental Education Centre, built and
part-funded as a cooperative research site with
Uni SA under the Australian Research Council
(ARC) Linkage Program.
Members of the Uni SA project team, in liaison with Steve Poole, made a short initial presentation to the Farm Team in the Village last Thursday. If you would like to see the slides used in the presentation, send me a request by email and I will forward the PDF to you. (It’s quite a large file, 4.2 MB.)
The project proposal flyer left with us for information is ATTACHED.
Please email any comments or queries to Brad N with copy to Steve P.
Elizabeth H - for the Farm Team
Earthship Proposal
Members of the Uni SA project team, in liaison with Steve Poole, made a short initial presentation to the Farm Team in the Village last Thursday. If you would like to see the slides used in the presentation, send me a request by email and I will forward the PDF to you. (It’s quite a large file, 4.2 MB.)
The project proposal flyer left with us for information is ATTACHED.
Please email any comments or queries to Brad N with copy to Steve P.
Elizabeth H - for the Farm Team
Earthship Proposal
Farm Planting a big success!
13/07/09 16:49
A big thankyou to all those planters who braved a
day when we really all felt like staying in
bed. There are now 750 plants in the ground
which will make mincemeat of the North-westerlies
that we were battling on the day. For those
who couldn’t make it see the attached photos to
see the transformation.
A special thankyou to the Clampetts for their fabulous soup van which makes such a wonderful warm addition to our planting days, and to the soup makers Gillian, Jackie, Francois and Elizabeth. Also, how can I say enough about those folk lugging mulch – the mulching finished at 4 pm so it was a big day. I hope our plants are grateful and reward us well.
And won’t we enjoy the rain this week that much more!
Jenni McGlennon
Farm Planting Day 2009
A special thankyou to the Clampetts for their fabulous soup van which makes such a wonderful warm addition to our planting days, and to the soup makers Gillian, Jackie, Francois and Elizabeth. Also, how can I say enough about those folk lugging mulch – the mulching finished at 4 pm so it was a big day. I hope our plants are grateful and reward us well.
And won’t we enjoy the rain this week that much more!
Jenni McGlennon
Farm Planting Day 2009
Mustard - Hot stuff for natural pest control
28/07/08 14:59
Modern science is putting a centuries-old farming
practice under the microscope for its potential
to help with control of pests and diseases in
modern agriculture; and we can also benefit in
our own small-scale agriculture here at AAEV.
Some plant species of the cabbage family (Brassicas) naturally release compounds that suppress pests and pathogens, principally isothiocyanates (ITCs), which most people would recognise as the ‘hot’ flavour in mustard or horseradish. This week, researchers, growers and industry specialists from 22 countries are sharing the latest research into use of Brassica species, such as mustard, radish, or rapeseed, to manage soil-borne pests and weeds – a technique known as biofumigation. Read more at:
http://www.csiro.au/news/BiofumigationSymposium.html
Thanks to Brad N. for the link).
Some plant species of the cabbage family (Brassicas) naturally release compounds that suppress pests and pathogens, principally isothiocyanates (ITCs), which most people would recognise as the ‘hot’ flavour in mustard or horseradish. This week, researchers, growers and industry specialists from 22 countries are sharing the latest research into use of Brassica species, such as mustard, radish, or rapeseed, to manage soil-borne pests and weeds – a technique known as biofumigation. Read more at:
http://www.csiro.au/news/BiofumigationSymposium.html
Thanks to Brad N. for the link).
Beehive now on Farm
16/06/08 16:09
During the past weekend, Paul and Chris Worsman,
who are purchasing Lot 134, moved their hive of
bees onto the Farm. It is now located amongst the
flowering eucalypts near the NE corner of the
woodlot. Their beekeeping is not a commercial
operation but a learning exercise, and could
certainly benefit the Village as beekeeping for
honey and pollination services has been on our
list of desirable activities from the start. If
you would like to be involved in this learning
experience, contact Farm Coordinator, Brad Nott
on 8557 7163 or by email.
If anyone in your family is allergic to bee stings, alert them to the location of the hive so they can avoid it.
If anyone in your family is allergic to bee stings, alert them to the location of the hive so they can avoid it.
Discing and sowing on the farm
22/05/08 16:07
It is rewarding to find that after several seasons of using mulch crops to return nutrients to the soil, the physical and chemical health of the soil appears to be improving as intended.