For the January edition of the Adelaide Hills Farmcast, we structured our usual almanac of farming activities into five topics that become increasingly important over summer. They are: Water security Bushfire risk Summer weed spraying Home garden and house paddock Getting someone to watch your property Here are the notes we used for recording our […]
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Making Biochar In The Adelaide Hills
For the October edition of the Adelaide Hills Farmcast, Belle returned to the Littlewood Agapanthus Farm, where the Maccy Biochar group was making biochar in the Adelaide Hills. What is biochar? Biochar is a form of charcoal and is good for the soil, good as an animal feed supplement, has numerous industrial uses and combats […]
Things To Consider Before Moving To An Adelaide Hills Lifestyle Farm – Belle And Pods On Adelaide’s FIVEaa With Richard Pascoe
The Adelaide Techguy, Richard Pascoe, does a dynamic show on Adelaide’s FIVEaa and in his mix of interviews he asked us to discuss things to consider before moving to an Adelaide Hills lifestyle farm. You can hear the interview, in full, below, but the main talking points we planned for the segment were as follows. […]
How to clean a plastic water trough with a stuck bung
If you have plastic water troughs on your Adelaide Hills property, you might appreciate this video on how to clean a plastic water trough with a stuck bung. It was made just after we finished recording the April edition of the Adelaide Hills Farmcast, on the property of Kate Phillips. As Kate explains, it’s easy […]
Steve Davis shares the Belle and Pods story on Radio FIVEaa
We’re thrilled by how welcoming the media is being to our messages about issues facing property owners and farmers in the Adelaide Hills. ABC Adelaide has been particularly supportive, the Mount Barker Courier has done a story on our new podcast, The Adelaide Hills Farmcast, but recently FIVEaa shone the spotlight on our Hills-based business […]
Lifestyle farming in the Adelaide Hills on ABC Adelaide: An interview with Belle and Pods about rabbits, roos, and weeds
In a warm interview with Leigh Radford on ABC Adelaide Afternoons today, Pods and I were able to react to a listener’s concerns that some lifestyle farmers in the Adelaide Hills were not doing enough (or anything) to manage rabbit populations or other pests. When asked directly if lifestyle farmers were not being responsible, Pods […]
Lifestyle farming, rules of thumb, and the dynamics of farm management
All farmers face similar challenges, no matter whether they are lifestyle farmers or commercial farmers, because they all need to work within the constraints of climate, soil, and other natural factors. The main difference is that commercial farmers work on a larger scale because they rely on their land for their income, while lifestyle farmers […]
Love thy neighbour but get them to spray their weeds
We all have neighbours who don’t do the right thing. But when it’s not spraying weeds, it’s just frustrating and can undermine farm practices. One of the benefits of having Pods on your team, is that when you’ve engaged him to do your spraying, he’ll cast a weather eye over your fences to check the […]
Adelaide Hills Fencing Repairs: I enjoy it!
I enjoy it, that’s what Pods says when asked about doing fence maintenance and repairs. Pods is co-owner of Adelaide Hills Farm Services and says of all the jobs in farming, installing or repairing fences is the most satisfying because when you finish you have something solid, straight, and stock-proof to show for your work. […]