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UPCOMING Jiggi Valley Farmers Landcare Inc is hosting a "Soil Health Field Day"on Saturday 13 September 08, 8.30am cuppa for 9am start, at Jiggi Hall. Info flyer and program. Dave Forrest demonstrating the Soil Health Card - Vegetables (SHC-V) in front of interested participants at a recent field day (photo:Scott Green). To download the SHC and Soil BMP guide for vegetables, coffee, macadamia and perennial horticulture industries please go to www.soilcare.org

THINGS OF INTEREST :

Jackie Luethi, our Landcare Coordinator, is leaving us at the end of the month to take up a position with Land & Water Australia in Canberra as Program Officer with the team working on the Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CCRSPI).
Richmond Landcare Inc is still available to support your natural resource management efforts. Please use the contact details listed at the bottom of this page.

NSW Landcare Muster - Tending the Grassroots - Strengthening community environmental networks, 14 -18 Nov. 2008 Queanbeyan Conference Centre. information flyer

Ballina Shire Council together with the Boolangle Landcare Group (Life Members of Richmond Landcare Inc), EnviTE and Richmond Valley Council intend to have a full day of tree planting on 9 October, 2008 at the Queen Elizabeth Park Casino. Anyone interested in participating see further details

Richmond Landcare Inc in partnership with NSW DPI receives Australian Government grant for carbon assessment project. Media release.

Blue Quandong Dieback - Significant damage to Blue Quandongs has been reported. It is feared that most of these damaged trees will probably not survive. More details on the leaf eating pest larvae here. You may want to check any plantings you have done recently.

drumMUSTER - What does it mean, which containers, drop off points? see information flyer

Download the industry specific Soil Health Cards and Soil Best Management Guidelines for coffee, macadamia, perennial horticulture and vegetable industries here.

The latest north coast Weed Read newsletter can be found here. Lantana newsletter is available here.

The Soil Health Card is a new technique for farmers to use in assessing the biological and physical properties of soil on their farms. Industry specific versions for macadamia, vegetable, coffee and perennial horticulture are available now on the SoilCare Inc website. The cards were developed by local farmers through a series of workshops held at TAFE.

Macadamia and Coffee Soil Health Cards displayed at Farmarama 07

Biochar information can be accessed from the following sources: Cornell University, Best Energies, NSW DPI

Weeds awareness newsletter. Are the plants in your garden environmental weeds?

Richmond Landcare Incorporated, PO Box 525, Alstonville, NSW 2477
phone: 02 6619 1582 fax: 02 6628 3310 mobile: 0427 485 910
Email contacts:
General Enquiries:info@richmondlandcare.org
Community Support Officer:cso@richmondlandcare.org
Landcare Farming Officer:soil@richmondlandcare.org
Management Committee:committee@richmondlandcare.org