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Posted by sarah_may Hawkesbury NSW (My Page) on Tue, Feb 8, 05 at 6:15
I've just got back from the first week of my organic farming TAFE course, it was really interesting, the guy teaching obviously knows what he's talking about & I'm sure I'll learn heaps.
One thing though, he reckons there's an organic solution to just about everything, one of the exceptions being fruit fly. That actually made me feel a bit better as the most I've been able to do is control it & that seems to be the way to go.
He recommended this site & it's founder, Dr Elaine Ingham. I haven't had a chance to have a look at it yet but thought I'd share it with you. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Soil Foodweb
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RE: Organic Farming Course
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| I know a couple of Queenslanders who claim that a piece of white cloth, about the size of a handkerchief, draped over developing tomatoes, not only keeps a lot of birds off, but is great protection against fruit fly. The claim is that fruit fly do not approach from below. Now, I've never sat and observed the habits of the fruit fly but you never know. I'd forgotten all about it until the other day when I had a look at the BOGI site. And SoilFoodWeb is a US company that does soil assays to asses the level of microbial activity. |
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| Keep us posted about the course. |
RE: Organic Farming Course
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| Ooohhh, that course sounds good. Hhhmmm, in fact, I think Sarah should come here each day and type in all her notes and observations then we can all learn... So what subjects are we doing? Amanda |
RE: Organic Farming Course
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RE: Organic Farming Course
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| our local U3A ( university of the third age ) has course on horticulture. Im in the geelong area but these subjects are free so would be well worth any of you who are 50 and over to check out your local U3A. I dont have the time right now to do this course but I do the art course |
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- Posted by pepino Werribee Vic (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 8, 05 at 17:02
| The U3A sounds good, and only down the road...and free! Shame you have to be over 50 though, as I would have checked it out. I know Werribee has some agricultural and horticultural schools. I might see what they cost. |
RE: Organic Farming Course
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| there's a course in farming for a small holding at the tafe in Armidale. I thought I might check it out, as long as it doesn't clash with my chainsaw and welding course, which may clash with the sculpture diploma. Life's hard. |
RE: Organic Farming Course
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| Turn it up! You can do a correspondence course in Welding from Amanda! Of course, with stamps costing 50c these days, sending her your homework could be expensive. |
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