Grower Stories: Kerrie and Kristian’s Trees
Photo credit: Aus Eco Solutions Kerrie Guppy has been an enthusiastic proponent of Biocast for years. Kirsty had a chat with her about how she and her team use it for tree planting. Kerrie and her husband Kristian own Aus Eco Solutions, offering “environmentally...
Lessons from Dr Christine Jones
At the coming of her retirement, we would like to honour the incredible career of Dr Christine Jones by sharing some of the things we have learned from her over the past decade or so. For those not familiar with her, her CV describes her: “Dr Christine Jones is an...
Story of a worm farmer
At the moment (early 2024), we are celebrating 10 years of commercial worm farming! Lee often gets asked how he got started. Here’s our story: In the beginning Waaaaay back in the day, Lee was a carpenter. He apprenticed with his dad Col, just as Col had before...
Grower stories: Jason’s pasture
Jason Simmons of The Overseer Saddlery at Armidale, NSW, is one of our Biocast stockists. He runs cattle on his 500 acre property, and has been using Biocast since 2017. He predominantly uses it as a seed dressing, and once a year as a foliar spray. Jason has as very...
The scoop on vermi-liquids
There are heaps of different terms out there to describe the liquids produced as a result of some sort of worm composting process – largely because there are so many different ways vermiculture can be done! They can be broken into four categories. These are...
Get more with multi-species
Get more with multi-species planting As we look around our island at the moment, we see it becoming brown, and our neighbours are struggling to have feed for their animals. Yes, lack of rain is starting to bite; but we’re also in the time of awkwardness that happens...
Measuring Success
Say you’re wanting to improve your soil (well, you get these emails so you probably are!). And you know you need to change things up, because you can see that what’s been happening on your land has been leading to some undesirable symptoms. Maybe compacted soils that...
Opportunistic Farming
Are you ready for low rain? Perhaps you’re already experiencing it? Within the lifetime of our 5 year old, we have had severe drought, the black summer fires, and some of the worst flooding on record. Just how is one expected to farm productively in this highly...