Soil carbon sponge (or soil sponge) is porous, well-aggregated soil in good health, better able to absorb and retain water. Australian microbiologist and climatologist, Walter Jehne, articulated the concept of the soil carbon sponge in his 2017 paper, Regenerate Earth…
Every farmer I know has, at one stage or another bowed to the request from an agronomist to get soil tests done on multiple parts of the farm. In a lot of cases they want numerous soil tests done over…
How it all started Having chooks all started when I decided to do a composting workshop. I have always been a fan of Geoff Lawton and really liked his idea of using chooks to make a perpetually moving composting heap.…
There are a lot of new words created so that someone can create a point of difference or a logo. Everything now needs to be sustainable, in a circular economy and recycled. Some of those businesses have named themselves Eco…
A GRAZIERS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO DYNAMICALLY CREATING YOUR NEXT WORST DROUGHT IN HISTORY. I wrote this a while ago. And was prompted to re-write it. Following recent travels through areas of Central Queensland following rainfall events over the latter…
SOIL TESTING 03/04/2024 Yesterday we completed our first Drone spray application of our newly branded E 9 complete biodynamic preparation. So what is the significance of this? The significant thing is my soil sampling protocol, which I developed back in…
TAO! What does this mean for you? A quick look in WikipediA brings this up. The TAO or DAO is the natural way of the universe. So by now you’re likely thinking, “Here Shane goes down another rabbit hole, &…
Resource Companies on Rural Land and Farms Following is a group of questions I’ve put together in relation to activities on rural lands relating to resource companies, solar farms, wind farms (neither of these 2 are farms!), power grid lines.…