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 procedures have only a short-term...
Fish contains a huge amount of trace elements such as phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iodine, useful not only for humans but also for vegetable plants. After fish fertilization, they become stronger, the crop matures more, and the fruits grow larger and juicier. Yield...
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, when the organic farm...
Test your soil and apply fertiliser regularly.Buy a simple ph test kit from your local hardware store; this could be your best investment in improving your lawn and garden. Generally the PH for a standard Australian lawn should be between 6.5 to 7. If your lawns soil...
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 a big cross in your paddock. Depending on...
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 are currently growing. These...
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 carrying meningitis that can affect and kill humans. These...
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 quick squirt during milking. But there isn’t a barbecue...
Many winemakers in one of the main South Australian growing regions, McLaren vale have for many years fought the battle against the local bird population and continually high temperatures. Netting grapes has always be a long time consuming and costly exercise for...