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Let's Talk Composting! Join the Growing Circle this Friday (3 July) at the Tenterfield TAFE Come along to our little gathering and enjoy morning tea while learning about the local Community Composting Initiative and discover how simple composting can help reduce waste and strengthen our community. ... read more

Rehydrating and Restoring the Landscape:Mulloon Institute, Northern Tablelands Local Land Services and Granite Borders Landcare walk into a bar… The ISSUE  Like many regional communities, Granite Borders region has been impacted by a barrage of unnatural land management practices. This ... read more

Check out our series of short videos on Regenerative Agriculture - funded by the Regional NSW Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund; as well as the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR). Jake Smith, GBLC Committee Member   David Hardwick from Soil Land Food   Rod Dowe, ... read more

Regenerative Agriculture - Improves soil structure and biology, hydration, biodiversity, monitoring and managing stock The issue Prolonged years of drought followed by fire altered the topography, biodiversity and health of our landscape here in the New England.  Investigating and educating l ... read more

Ground cover equals greater biodiversity and increased biology The issue Years of prolonged drought and recent bushfires had impacted heavily on large areas across New England, impacting our landholders, primary producers, lifestylers and conservationists. Recent rains have assisted in rebuildin ... read more

Granite Borders Landcare Committee partnered with Carbon8 to give a workshop for farmers and land-owners on farming carbon and offsetting carbon farming emissions. The workshop day at Liston Hall was well attended, with 30 participants. One common outcome from the workshops was that participants wo ... read more

Bookings now being taken for the first of our 2023 Workshops The first of our 2023 events are now locked in. Please use the links to secure your free tickets.Sat, 21st January  Steinbrook Hall Dr Judi Earl presents: “A Grazing Management Workshop & explorative Pa ... read more

This Soil pH Test Kit is an Australian made - CSIRO developed product that effectively measures the pH of your soil. Soil analysis is very important as pH controls the availability of nutrients to plants. Therefore, testing the pH of your soil is essential to the wellbeing of your plants. Why risk ... read more

Soil & water are the two most important assets on any farm.  They are the basis of good crop production.  More and more growers are realising that a biological or organic approach is needed in managing these natural assets.  This is because soil carbon, minerals, water and soil bi ... read more

For most farms in Australia, agricultural chemicals are essential to ensure productive crops and a profitable business.  These chemicals include fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides and fungicides.  However long term use of some of these conventional inputs can lead to problems on your farm ... read more

A key feature of Biological Farming principles is the underlying view of the soil as a living system, which the farmer in harmony with nature, should seek to develop.  We all know that the information is out there, but finding it is not always easy.  Hopefully, this fact sheet will help yo ... read more

Mushroom Workshop presented by Mushroom Abundance Date: Sunday 13th May 2018 Time: 8:30am - 5:30pm Venue: Granite Borders Landcare Office, 45 Martine Street, Tenterfield Cost: $100, morning tea, lunch & afternoon tea provided RSVP: Monday 7th May 2018 to Landcare on 02 6736 3500 or landca ... read more

Granite Borders hosted an introductory workshop about Permaculture and Biological Fertilisers on Saturday 26th Aug 2017 at the Landcare office.  This workshop was facilitated by new local, Johnny Everson (Sandy Hills) and was well received by the 15 odd paraticipants on the day.  Johnny wa ... read more

Information Session with Dr Mahri Koch Dung Beetles Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm Venue: Granite Borders Landcare office, 45 Martin Street, Tenterfield Cost: FREE! Morning Tea on Arrival Topics Covered: What Is A Dung Beetle & Where Can They Be Found? How To Tell If You Have ... read more

MARCH 2017 Sat 4th - Lantana Information & Control Methods (Rivertree) click here Sun 5th - Rainforest Species Identification with Bill MacDonald (Drake) click here Wed 8th - POSTPONED Dung Beetle Benefits & Identification (Tenterfield) Wed 8th - The Gutman Returns - Don Chisholm "Bre ... read more

Over the past 10 to 15 years fertiliser prices have increased significantly and the livestock grazier’s ability to pay has decreased. There is also the perception that the traditional fertiliser usage is not giving the response in both pasture and livestock growth rates that the graziers have ... read more

Australia has its own unique, native dung beetle fauna ideally adapted to feeding on the dry fibrous pellets of marsupials found in forest and woodland habitats.  Few native species have any impact on the dispersal of cattle dung in paddocks.  Unburied, this cattle dung fouls pastures, loc ... read more

When Europeans created open pastures and introduced cattle, sheep and horses into Australia, they produced a new environment which few native dung insects were able to use.  In particular the soft, moist dung pads of cattle were quite different to the fibrous, pellet-like droppings of native ma ... read more