No-dig gardening and AGM
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No-dig gardening and AGM
No-Dig Vegetable Gardening Workshop and
Macclesfield Landcare Group AGM then,
Best Orange in Macclesfield Competition
Other topics to be discussed: composting, attracting pollinators, non-chemical pest management, mulching, cover crops, green manure, collecting seeds etc.
Bring your vegetable growing questions!
Presenters, Chris Alenson and Alan Clayton, both very experienced organic vegetable growers.
Bring your own safety equipment – boots, gloves and mask for working with compost, plus water to drink & mug, etc.
9:30 Registration,Welcome, cuppa and safety briefing
10:00 No-Dig Vegetable Gardening Workshop
12:00 Macclesfield Landcare Group AGM
12:15 Lunch and Best Orange in Macclesfield
13:00 Finish
30th Birthday Celebration
Come and join us for substantial finger food and cake to celebrate MLG’S 30th birthday - we couldn’t have done it without you!
Agencies confirmed so far include: YV Equestrian; Macclesfield CFA; Birdlife Australia, Yarra Valley Agribusiness; Landcare Victoria. With a special message from Peter Garrett Landcare Australia, Melbourne Water
Community Planting Day
Macclesfield Landcare Group Inc. is working with local landholder restore native habitat for native birds and animals. The planting will also sequester atmospheric carbon into the soil for many years:
No experience necessary, training can be provided to people with little or no experience.
Morning tea and lunch provided – for those who register
Learn about local ecology, wildlife and habitate
Have fun making a contribution to combatting the climate crisis
Family friendly agenda:
9:30am - Registration opens and preplanting cuppa
9:50am - Project Briefing, Activity objectives and Safety Briefing
10:00am - Planting Commences
12:30pm - Lunch
Free event for members and non members.
Join Macclesfield Landcare on the day, just $20 per property per year.
Help shape the future of Macclesfield Landcare – join the Committee.
To be cancelled if weather forecast of extended heavy rain, thunderstorms or strong winds
Farm walk and AGM
Biodiversity, Weeds, Soil, Farm Walk and Macclesfield Landcare Group AGM
Come along to enjoy an educational farm walk.
We will be discussing
weeds “good vs bad plants - bring your own weeds!
Biofertiliser and how to apply.
Sustainable agriculture: soil structure, fertility, biodiversity
Conservation zone biodiversity and bird count
AGM
All members are welcome to take part in our AGM. Please come along and enjoy meeting other members over a free BBQ lunch with gourmet sausages from our member Christine Ross “Black Pig Farm” on Macclesfield.
Help shape the future of Macclesfield Landcare Group - join the Committee
Please wear appropriate clothing solid boots, a hat, rain jacket…
Don’t forget to bring a water bottle, chair..
The event will be postponed if heavy rain or strong winds are forecast and it would be unsafe to proceed. We will advise you via email if the event is to be postponed
Six Inches of Soil Film Screening and Discussion
Follow the journey of 3 farmers pursuing regenerative farming to stimulate the quest for a healthy productive soil while caring for the environment.
Biofertiliser Workshop
Join us to learn how to brew your own Biofertiliser with Daniel Hodges from Soil, Water & Plants.
Dan will walk you through what is a Biofertiliser, how to make it and how to use it.
This workshop will demonstrate how to make a large scale Biofertiliser in a IBC (1000L tank) and how to make humic acid.
You will be hands on making your own biofertiliser in a 60L drum to take home and will get a digital booklet.
Free morning tea and lunch will be provided (always excellent)
Please wear appropriate clothing, gloves, solid boots, a water bottle and a hat
The event will be postponed if heavy rain or strong winds are forecast and it would be unsafe to proceed. We will advise you via email if the event is to be postponed
Please Register via the registration button below for catering purposes
Planting Day
If you’ve enjoyed reading our newsletter this year, then your editor would like to invite you to her property at Coopers road in Macclesfield for our final planting day for 2024.
We have 400 Ribbons of Green plants to go into a new revegetation project in our back paddock, adjoining Macclesfield Creek and existing revegetation areas established with the help of Melbourne Water.
The day will as always include morning tea and a fabulous lunch!
Parking is inside our property so enter via the gate.
AGM
All members are welcome to take part in our AGM.
Please come along and enjoy meeting other members over lunch.
Frog Bog Workshop and AGM
Come and learn everything about frogs and how to create you own frog bog followed by a hands on frog bog set up for Macclesfield PS
HeHo Nursery Visit
Get a behind-the-scenes tour at the Yellingbo Indigenous Nursery, run by the Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater and look how they raise thousands of seedlings.
Community Planting Event
The second community planting event will be held at Mulhalls Rd Macclesfield, as part of the Yarra Ranges Ribbons of Green program
The Ribbons of Green program supports revegetation on private land to help create habitat for our local wildlife. This will be the second planting at the property, with the first one held in August.
Please come and join us for an enjoyable planting event, the opportunity to chat to (and get to know) people in your area, and to make a positive impact for our district.
Free morning tea and lunch will be provided (always excellent)
Please bring gloves, solid boots, a water bottle and a hat
The event will be postponed if heavy rain or strong winds are forecast and it would be unsafe to proceed. We will advise you via email if the event is to be postponed
Please Register on Humanitix via the registration button below.
Free event for Macclesfield Landcare Group members
Join Macclesfield Landcare on the day, just $20 per property per year
Not a member? Click HERE to become a member
Community Planting Event
A community planting event will be held at Mulhalls Rd Macclesfield, as part of the Yarra Ranges Ribbons of Green program
The Ribbons of Green program supports revegetation on private land to help create habitat for our local wildlife. This will be the first of two plantings at the property, with the second planting scheduled for late September.
Please come and join us for an enjoyable planting event, the opportunity to chat to (and get to know) people in your area, and to make a positive impact for our district.
Free morning tea and lunch will be provided (always excellent)
Please bring gloves, solid boots, a water bottle and a hat
The event will be postponed if heavy rain or strong winds are forecast and it would be unsafe to proceed. We will advise you via email if the event is to be postponed
Please Register via the registration button below for catering purposes
Free event for Macclesfield Landcare Group members
Join Macclesfield Landcare on the day, just $20 per property per year
Not a member? Click HERE to become a member
Fencing Repair Workshop
On Saturday the 16th March, Macclesfield Landcare Group ran our second farm fencing repair workshop, at Eastwind Rare Breeds Farm, 25 Coopers Road Macclesfield
Our hosts (Christine, Sally, Darren and Nathan) farm endangered breeds of domestic farm livestock and have an extensive electric fence network. Due to storms, trees over fences and the electric fence mains unit blowing up, they were facing a ‘few’ fencing challenges. Fencing experts were on hand to answer questions and to help members with some ideas for their own properties.
Morning Tea and Lunch were provided (including the famous Black Pig free range sausages!!)
It was a great opportunity to get learn a bit more about repairing your fences, get some useful tips, and get know people in the area and have a great chat
Watch out for our next fencing repair workshop
Christine even shared her tips on talking with pigs……
Community Planting Event
On 20th August, Macclesfield Landcare Group ran a Community Planting Event at 24 Mineshaft Road, to revegetate the first area of the property, adjacent to the creekline.
On 24th September we continued this revegetation work, in a second area of 24 Mineshaft Road, further along the creekline.
Macclesfield Landcare Group is working with Yarra Ranges ‘Ribbons of Green’, Melbourne Water and Beyond Yellingbo Group on this indigenous native species revegetation project. The property is on a tributary of the Macclesfield Creek and adjacent to Mineshaft Reserve. These revegetation works will help provide extended habitat for the native animals in our area, with over 600 indigenous native plants planted
Deep Time Book Launch
On Sunday 10th September we came together for the launch of a new book ‘Deep Time - Implications for a Sustainable Agriculture’, written by local community member and highly respected soil consultant Chis Alenson. The event was hosted by Cath and Phil Ellingworth at their property, and supported by Melbourne Water
In the book Chris explores the working of natural systems associated with soil, water and nutrients and how they have developed and evolved over millions, and sometimes billions, of year to create ecosystems that support life. Chris looks at how human activity has depleted and degraded these resources and ecosystems in the relative near-past, and the impacts this will bring. Chris provides valuable insights on what needs to happen to enable sustainable agricultural systems moving forward.
The book is available to borrow from the Macclesfield Landcare Members Book Library (see page on the website), or can be purchased from Chris Alenson (use the Contact form on the website to get in contact if you don’t have Chris’ direct number/email).