For his month's farm walk on Sunday 26th April! we will revisit Phil Stringer's pastured pigs and gardens. Details are: Sunday 26th April, starting at 2pm.Tamworth Flyers, 1229 Noosa Rd, Tandur Phil Stringer shares some useful notes about subtropical gardening and pigs Phil Stringer has kindly offered to show us round his pastured pig enterprise and subtropical [...]
Beef cattle on the property of Mary Valley grazier Glenda Pickersgill. Agriculture’s role as the lifeblood of the Mary Valley will be put under the microscope when a new University of the Sunshine Coast documentary screens at the Dagun Choo Choo Bar on Saturday 28 March at 6.30pm. ‘The Changing Face of Mary’ [...]
FarmerJones farm at Theebine will be giving a demonstration of making biochar The first of the monthly farm walks for 2015 (after February's 2 day SummerSchool at Kandanga) will be at Adam Jones farm at Theebine, and the topic is Biochar. Adam and his friend Wolfgang will be demonstrating some small biochar-making ovens, and [...]
The cost for attending both days is $95, and includes lunches, refreshments and the Tuesday evening meal. The cost for attending a single day is $45 which includes lunch and refreshments but does not include the Tuesday evening meal, which is an additional $20. Bookings can be made by email to maryvalleycountryharvest@gmail.com or by phone 0459 225 399 Click [...]
The November field day will be at 1171 Kandanga Creek Rd, Upper Kandanga Large scale compost making on the Bartolo organic sugar farm in Mackay. Steve and Laura Bartolo will guide us through large-scale compost production and discussing the benefits of remineralising through composting. Although relatively new to the Mary Valley, Steve and Laura have a wealth of experience [...]
Annual General Meeting Sunday 12th October 2014 Meet at 4.30pm for a 5pm start. Kandanga Public Hall Main Street, Kandanga The meeting will present achievements in our first year of operation, a financial report on the Cooperative, and will be followed by election of Directors for the next 12 months. As per our Rules, 2 of [...]
The September field day will be at Mary Valley Orchards, 255 Amamoor Creek Rd, Amamoor, Sunday 28th September, 2pm start Mary Valley Orchards, Amamoor Heinz and Angela Gugger have a large orchard of persimmons and nectarines, with a smaller planting of mangoes. They use biological principals for sustainable, healthier and tastier fruit. On our Farm Walk, Heinz [...]
The August field day will be at the Dagun Railway Station, Sunday 31 August Permanent vegetable production beds in steep country at Wurraglen, Dagun Steve Burgess will explain the irrigation system that he and Elaine Bradley use on their permanent vegetable beds in their newest market garden at their Wurraglen property by bringing all the bits [...]
Warren McEwan and Karen Jarling demonstrate their cattle and pasture system on a cold clear westerly windy Widgee afternoon in June, just after the first hard frost for the year. June Report - Warren McEwan and Karen Jarling, CGL Beef, Widgee. A classic, clear crisp windy Widgee afternoon was well spent by the 25 or [...]