Why farm fencing skills are essential when you own a farm Hobby farming or owning a lifestyle property has become increasingly popular in the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu regions of South Australia. With more and more individuals embracing the joys of sustainable living, self-sufficiency, and the connection to the land. However, while gardening and raising […]
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Practical Farm Safety With Alex Thomas – Hands-on Real World Insights At Our Farm Demo Days
Practical farm safety is a speciality of Alex Thomas, the sought-after trainer and speaker behind campaigns like #plantaseedforsafety and #savealifelistentoyourwife. We’re thrilled Alex will be taking part through our Tractoring For Women workshop and two Farm Fencing Demo Days, mingling with participants and diving into conversations about how to make farm safety a reality. Alex […]
Talk Fencing With Tim Thompson At Our Farm Fencing Demo Days
As we inch closer to our Farm Fencing Demo Days, May 12 and 13, 2023, we’re delighted that you will get to talk fencing with Tim Thompson, our special guest, who has been actively working to invite you to come along. Amid his busy schedule as a full time agricultural educator, Tim has made a […]
Fencing, Tractors, as Tim Thompson joins the Farmcast – SAVE THE DATE for some farm demo days in May
Big news for all small acreage farmers in the Fleurieu and Adelaide Hills. The down-to-earth ag teacher turned YouTube star, Tim Thompson, is coming to Currency Creek on Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, to run two “demo days”. As providers of farm services and producers of the Farmcast podcast, we never thought we’d […]
5 Summer Farming Activities Property Owners And Small Acreage Farmers Need To Action
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 […]
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. […]
Woodshield Posts – A real alternative in the Adelaide Hills
At Adelaide Hills Farm Services, we’re big advocates for WoodShield posts. They are organically certified and fully recyclable. They are a real alternative for #Horse owners as horses don’t chew them! The days of CCA and particularly Creosote posts are numbered and here at Adelaide Hills Farm Services we are working towards not using Creosote […]
Adelaide Hills Farmcast: August Edition
In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast August Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for in the coming months. Also, remember that each episode has chapter markers, so when you’re playing, you can skip to the next section easily. 00:30 Adelaide Hills Farmcast August Edition Introduction 02:19 Adelaide […]
Adelaide Hills Farmcast: July Edition
In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast July Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for in the coming months. We’ll cover weaning your lambs and calves and how to avoid grass Tetany. This episode was recorded with Alex Thomas from #plantaseedforsafety – a rural social change initiative that puts […]