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Yass Landcare Group: Paddock Tree Field Day
Yass NSWAustraliaSunday, 11 November 2018 - 12:30pm to 6:30pmJoin Yass Landcare on a bus tour to Boorowa/Hovells Creek Landcare to learn from their Paddock Tree Project.
With guest speakers Dr Damon Oliver (from Office of Environment and Heritage) and Sustainable Farms' Dr Mason Crane.
MEET: behind the Yass Memorial Hall, Banjo Paterson Park for departure at 12.30pm (return by 6.30pm)
BRING: Enclosed footwear, hat, sunscreen, water, and long pants...
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Woomargama, ‘Woomargama Station’, The effects of restoring creeklines on your farm for farm health, native fish and broader biodiversity
Woomargama NSWAustraliaFriday, 22 February 2019 - 5:00pm to 8:45pmJoin Sustainable Farms (and our partners Holbrook Landcare and Murray LLS) for this field day as part of our 2019 Summer Series.This family friendly field day will focus on works you can implement to restore creeklines on your property. Our host for the day is Clare Cannon, who has had great success improving the environment and natural assets on her...
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Winter field days 2019: Shelterbelts, Holbrook
Holbrook NSWAustraliaFriday, 23 August 2019 - 9:00am to 12:30pmJoin Sustainable Farms and our partners Holbrook Landcare for a morning at properties Fairview and Bimbimbi near Holbrook.
We thank our wonderful hosts Phil and Mandy Locke for inviting us onto their farms to see the shelterbelt improvements they have made on site. Come for a chat, stay for lunch.
A range of topics will be discussed including:
- Designing shelterbelts for biodiversity
- The multiple ...
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Winter field days 2019: Pollinators and shelterbelts, Corowa
Corowa NSWAustraliaFriday, 30 August 2019 - 9:00am to 12:30pmJoin Sustainable Farms and our partners, Corowa District Landcare and Wheen Bee Foundation, to learn more about the science of pollinators and shelterbelts, and what they can do for your farm. Come for a chat, stay for lunch.
We thank our generous hosts, Derek and Leanne Schoens, for welcoming us onto their property for this day.
Topics that will be...
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Winter Bird Surveys 2018
Our team of field ecologists has been conducting regular wildlife surveys at the same sites in the woodland ecosystems west and northwest of Canberra for nearly 20 years. This year’s surveys produced a number of very interesting and unusual records. The recent dry conditions seemed to be affecting bird communities and we saw many insectivorous species, such as Flame Robins,...
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Where to pick up a copy of the Ten Ways booklet
Keen to get your hands on a copy of Ten ways to improve the natural assets on a farm ? Below is a list of locations where you can collect a copy, and contact details for people who are happy to distribute copies.
NSW Murray-Riverina, South West Slopes and Central WestAlbury or Holbrook : contact...
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Towards healthy farms, healthy farmers and healthy profits
One small change on a farm could create new habitat for native animals and lead to increased stock productivity. That’s the message of a new publication launched this week by The Australian National University’s Sustainable Farms project.
The booklet, Ten ways to improve the natural assets on a farm, highlights ten projects that farmers can undertake to improve the health...
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Tony and Vicky Geddes
YallockHolbrook, NSW
Tony and Vicky Geddes
“Without the treelines, with a nude landscape, if you get out here on a hot summer’s day, it gets pretty oppressive; or a freezing cold winter without some form of shelter across the landscape, you look at it and think, that’s...
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The Bird Checker app: estimate bird occupancy on farms
Ever wondered which birds might live on your farm?
The new Sustainable Farms app, Bird Checker: A bird occupancy estimator, enables the user to estimate which birds are likely to be found on a farm in the box-gum grassy woodlands.
Enter details about a farm's region and number of woodland patches to get a list of what birds might be seen there. Create a...
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Ten ways to improve the natural assets on a farm
Sustainable Farms is delighted to launch our new booklet, Ten ways to improve the natural assets on a farm. The booklet highlights ten discrete projects that farmers can undertake to improve the health of natural assets – such as dams, shelterbelts or riparian areas – on their properties.
The Ten Ways booklet highlights how one small change on a farm could create new habitat...
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