Options to consider when planting this season
Are you a farmer at crunch point for deciding whether to proceed without urea or not, in the face of El Niño? You might have more choices than you realise. Let’s lay some out. Disclaimer: we’re not agronomists and we don’t know your property, do your own research....
Make soil not war
Preamble I was perusing old photos and this caught my eye from the People’s Climate Assembly at Parliament House, Canberra, in Feb 2020. Is there a better mantra for our times? Here at Island Biologicals, Lee and I (Kirsty) are praying hard for our...
An easy way to start with multi species
This post continues with our discussion on enhancing nutrient cycling to meet your plant nutrition needs, rather than always relying on fertiliser. We introduced the topic extensively here then talked about earthworms as one way to enhance that cycling. This post is...
Fertiliser efficiency with earthworms
Could earthworms be farmer’s best friend for the season ahead? Here we are continuing the theme of enhancing nutrient cycling for fertiliser efficiency and farm resilience (see our previous post). When it comes to this you can’t go past the humble earthworm! In...