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  • Kyneton rallies for the forest

    Kyneton rallies for the forest

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    About 500 Kyneton locals joined Victorian Greens Senator, Janet Rice, and comedian Arj Barker in an organised protest march last Sunday against salvage logging in the Wombat State Forest.

  • Locals urged to march for forests

    Locals urged to march for forests

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    Environmental campaigner Bob Brown is urging locals to join the Victorian ‘March in March for Forests’ taking place in Kyneton…

  • The importance of trees

    The importance of trees

    Midland Express

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    The Kyneton Horticultural Society will host the exuberant and dynamic Dr Greg Moore as its guest speaker on Monday March 18.

  • Wombat Forest habitat at risk

    Wombat Forest habitat at risk

    Midland Express

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    Wombat Forestcare is continuing its call for VicForests to cease storm damage salvage works in the Wombat State Forest and for the state government to fast-track the creation of a new Wombat-Lerderderg National Park.

  • The Compost Conversation

    The Compost Conversation

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    Do you feel the itch to learn how and why to make great compost, or solve your compost problems, or put compost theory into action?

  • The Compost Conversation – Hot composting

    The Compost Conversation – Hot composting

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    If you want to start hot composting – getting your compost to heat up to at least 55o Celsius for at least three days.

  • The Compost Conversation – The dirt on compost forks

    The Compost Conversation – The dirt on compost forks

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    When it comes to the work of composting; building, turning, moving and distributing, forks are the tool of choice. There…

  • Permaculture experts teaching sustainable design

    Permaculture experts teaching sustainable design

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    A 16-week Permaculture Design Course, led by local permaculture experts, Beck Lowe and Ian Lillington, will be running in Castlemaine this February.

  • A passion to restore the land

    A passion to restore the land

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    As a kid, Fletcher Bakewell dreamed of owning a bit of land he could restore, a canvas on which he could help nature to flourish and bring back the integrity of the land.

  • ‘Leave the place in better condition’

    ‘Leave the place in better condition’

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    Local waterways are often interwoven into the lives and histories of the families that live beside them.

  • The Compost Conversation: The compost screw – What a corker

    The Compost Conversation: The compost screw – What a corker

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    Many of our gardening tools have a history going back centuries, if not millennia. The compost screw (or corkscrew) is a newcomer.

  • The Compost Conversation: Free carbon – do we want it?

    The Compost Conversation: Free carbon – do we want it?

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    Paper and cardboard are readily available, free ingredients that are easy additions to our compost piles.