Macclesfield Landcare Newsletter

The Landcarer Newsletter

Current Summer 2024-25 Edition for Download

In this Edition

AGM Outcomes

Beyond Yellingbo program in 2025

Frog Bog event report

Tackling feral cats

Coopers Rd community planting event report

The Landcarer Newsletter

Back Copies for Download

The Landcarer - Autumn 2022 Edition

Review – Iminamuck Farm Walk

Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area

Sustainable Farm Practices – Cockchafer and African Black Beetles

Capeweed Management

Wombat Protection

The Landcarer - Winter 2022 Edition

Review – Possum Creek Farm Walk

Update – Liveable Communities, Liveable Waterways

Update – Beyond Yellingbo

Gold or Agriculture? – that was the question! (the geological history of Macclesfield)

Carbon credits for farmers that fence off their dams.

Managing Mud

Victorian Deer Control Community Network

The Landcarer - Spring 2022 Edition

Review – Australian Native Bonsai Workshop

Review – Community Planting Event, Spillers Road

Biodiversity, storing carbon and enjoying the awakening of Spring

Next-generation Control of Invasive Vertebrate Pests

Beyond Yellingbo – Conservation at our core

Weeds to tackle this Spring – and some techniques to try

Water usage

‘Weed buster month’ from the Landcarer, October 2012

The Landcarer - Summer 2022 Edition

Review – AGM, Farm walk and Weed Workshop

Inaugural Best Orange in Macclesfield!

Yarra Ranges Landcare Network – AGM and Orchid Talk

Weeds you can live with/use vs weeds to eradicate

A little bottle with a sad history

Melbourne Water update

The Landcarer - Autumn 2023 Edition

Review – Fence Repair Workshop

Wildlife cameras available to members for loan now

Observations from our very wet Winter, Spring and Summer

Wet Spring observations – A soil perspective

Parasite Management in grazing animals

Noxious weed of the season – Ragwort

Review – MLG Christmas event

The Landcarer - Winter 2023 Edition

Feather Plots – Johns Hill Landcare Group deer fencing project

Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides – the story of a

Powerful Owl

Introducing Weedscan

The Landcarer - Spring 2023 Edition

Melbourne Water update – Liveable Communities, Liveable Waterways

“Which deer was that?” - A quick guide to deer identification

Weed Control – using everyday, cheap household items

Review – Book Launch “Deep Time”

Review – Two successful planting days at Mineshaft Road

The Landcarer - Summer 2024 Edition

Who stole my creek?

Unlocking your farm dam’s potential – Deakin Uni Blue Carbon Lab

Features of an enhanced farm dam – ANU Sustainable Farms project

Dead-head Agapanthus now! – from The Landcarer, December 2012

Review – AGM and soil workshop / Best Orange in Macclesfield 2023

The ‘Working With Children Check’ – what it is, and why you might need one

Review – Deer Exclusion Fence Solutions field day

The Landcarer - Autumn 2024 Edition

Deer Fence Project Report

H5N1 Avian Influenza update

Local landholders leading the way in habitat restoration: the Beyond Yellingbo initiative

Senegal Tea Plant found in Macclesfield

Fence Repair Workshop at Eastwind Farm - held on Saturday March 16 2024

The Ultimate ‘Working With Children Check’ How-to guide!

The Landcarer - Winter 2024 Edition

Macclesfield Landcare Group - New Website Launch

Upcoming Events

What is Biosecurity?

The National Livestock Identification System (NLIS)

Rusting in the roof at night - It’s Rodent Season

Spotlight on Spanish Heath

The Landcarer - Spring 2024 Edition

Impacts of the changes to taxation reporting requirements for not-for-profits

Do teabags biodegrade?

Upcoming events

Nitrous oxide emissions being accelerated by aspects of agriculture growth

Community planting days reports

New addition to our library - Ferns of Emerald Victoria Field Guide