Tips for winter gardening in the Macedon Ranges
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Are you trying to reduce your soft-plastic use in the wake of the soft-plastics recycling debacle? Read on for tips…
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Tips for getting your garden ready for Spring in the Macedon Ranges
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Not sure what “net zero emissions” means? Want to know how you can impact climate change?
Project Drawdown has produced an excellent series of 6 videos, ranging from 10-25 minutes, explaining where we can have the most impact on climate.
This is a thought-provoking series, highly recommended for anyone starting out on the road to sustainability.
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With 26% of people across all housing types unable to stay warm at least half of the time during winter, this article, published by The Conversation, contains some practical advice regarding efficient use of energy within the home, and how to keep warm in these cold winter months.
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Tips for our region for staking broadbeans, eliminating curly leaf, mulching and more
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Thermal imaging cameras detect areas of heat loss and unwanted heat gain, and allow you to make changes, many of them low or no cost, that will make your home more comfortable and save energy and money.
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Tips for our region for ripening those last tomatoes, planting garlic and more
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Don’t panic and pull out your tomato plants just yet, sowing green manure and cold season veggies, fruit tree care. Jobs to do in the garden now in our region…
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Growing tomatoes, brassicas, root crops and managing those pests and diseases. Jobs to do in the garden now in our region…
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Time for mulching, pumpkin care and hand pollination….Read on for gardening tips for our region
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Tomato care, growing salad greens and netting fruit trees….Read on for gardening tips for our region
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Wow this wintery weather has set back our summer veggies but it is all systems go in the veggie garden. Plant, plant, plant! Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
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Geoffrey Murray, MRSG committee member and EO of the local Victorian Regional Recyclers, is conducting a trial with the Macedon Ranges Shire Council in the recycling of soft plastics. The following is from the Council’s press release.
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Resilience. It’s a word we’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years and lately, reflecting on the Covid pandemic and the June storms, I’ve been considering the role of our homes in resilience: How do our homes contribute to our resilience? What makes a home resilient? And how does that relate to sustainability?
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Duang shares the inspiring story (and Recipe) behind her carrot and chickpea Makhani - a fusion dish born from lunches with Tamil refugee and friend, Raj, and meeting Alice Zaslavsky at the Bendigo Writer’s Festival.
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October is really the start of true spring in the Macedon ranges. Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
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Spring has sprung in the Macedon Ranges! Read on for handy gardening tips for our region…
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Home energy saving tips such as stopping draughts, LED lighting, heating, windows, energy monitoring, insulation, motion sensor lights, standby power and solar PV.
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This is a list of Australian seed sources, all of these businesses provide some locally grown seed as a minimum; some franchise the growing of some seed and some will import seed to expand their offerings.
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