Natural Sequence Farming

Hi Duane, maybe I'm naïve, but does this article on " The Age" website have any bearing on Tarwyn Park's future? read below cheers Andy http://www.theage.com.au/business/mining-and-resources/paddocks-protected-in-blow-to-coal-miners-20160510-gorszv.html " Landowners in the Southern Highlands of New ...

Hi All, It is amazing how reading Peter's books and following NSF can change your view on many aspects of life. I live in suburbia, and even my approach to growing vegies has changed. I let weeds proliferate in my patch and then chop them up and add all sorts of grass clippings, and find I can grow ...

I read about John Fenton's place " Lanark" more than 20 years ago. The striking thing about the before photo of Lanark was that it resembled an environmentally bankrupt dustbowl. His use of exotic trees is particularly interesting. Putting aside reveg for economical or conservation's sake for the mo...

Hi Duane, i just wanted to qualify what i wrote last night, sleep deprived and bleary eyed ( we have a baby ). If there is any anger or frustration, it is directed at multi nationals who can come in, buy up and develop. Also frustrated that our own governments seem oblivious to the priceless heritag...

Hi Duane, Episode 1 & 2 made for some sobering viewing. Emotions ranged from disbelief to anger and frustration. These feelings must surely be shared by thousands of people who follow NSF and are deeply passionate about it's future? just read article out of "The Age" newspaper. "ANGLO AMERICAN SADDL...

Check out the latest Australian Story episode, about farmer David Pollock, farming in the Murchison Ranges in WA. An update to a previous episode about 8 weeks ago. Peter Andrews makes an appearance also. The latest episode was Monday 30th April "Return to Wooleen" Here's the link http://www.abc.net...

Hi there, i thought this latest episode of "Australian Story", might be of interest. The episode title is "Half a Million acres " and aired on ABC on Monday 5th March 2012. It is about a farmer in the Mulga Shrublands of the Southern Rangelands of WA. He is using ponding banks and other techniques t...

That link to Dr. Michael Kravcik's blog is a beauty! It is a great visual explanation of water cycling that even i can understand. I remember first reading about the short water cycle and the value of dew in the book "The Greening of the Hill", by Horace Webber. The story of Broken Hill, which had h...

According to an Age newspaper article ( The Age, Saturday 5th March 2011 ), climate change adviser Ross Garnaut has released his latest update paper, "Transforming rural land use".( sorry, i couldnt find a link available ) In the article, he is qouted as saying, " This could really take off." Is Can...

good point. Also,If this wet continues in the Eastern half of Australia, we will be needing all the root systems there are to keep any riverbanks and soil intact. It's got me buggered how anyone can accurately measure evaporation etc under trees on a riverbank. Wouldn't you need decades of data?? Th...

Hi all, i found the following site ( links to a pdf from a stream management conference from a couple of years back) http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/news/events/5asm/docs/proceedings/Hillemacher_Martin_151.pdf It is research about valley chokes in the Upper Wimmera catchment in Victoria. It caug...

Hi all, thought I'd dip my toe in the water. A great read on this blog has been the transcript of Major Mitchell's exploits, and his description of the landscape. Utterly fascinating. As far as native vs non native, i am starting to understand how much current government policy is so at odds with ns...