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 […]
Category: How To
HOW TO: Plant strawberries with Green Valley Strawberries
They say that every day is a school day and boy, did I get an education when I spent some time at Green Valley Strawberries with the Rozaklis family! They showed me how they plant their strawberries and then gave me a masterclass on how home-growers can plant and nurture their strawberries in their own […]
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 […]
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 […]