Plant of the Month
Blue Grass, Music to my ears.
One of the earliest summer grasses to pop up, and one of the quickest to respond to a bit of rain is one of my favourites, Blue Grass or Dichanthium sericium.
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Weed or native?
Going by the rather unglamorous common name of Scurvy Weed this little forest groundcover is quite common in moist areas and, unfortunately, is often mistaken for a weed species (the common name doesn’t help). Commelina cyanea, or Scurvy Weed is a common understory...
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New App: I Spy Koala
A new app encourages users to record sightings of Koalas
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How Tea Bags Can Measure Soil Health
The Tea Bag Index (TBI), first published in 2013, can be used as a method of comparing the rates of decomposition of organic matter in soil.
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Reflection: Weeds Conference
Weeds continue to be a big problem for NSW- What are the strategies, research and new products being developed? Are we effectively putting the ‘We’ in weeds across tenure?
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New App: I Spy Koala
A new app encourages users to record sightings of Koalas
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Reflection: Weeds Conference
Weeds continue to be a big problem for NSW- What are the strategies, research and new products being developed? Are we effectively putting the ‘We’ in weeds across tenure?
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Spotlight: Singleton Community Gardens
Over 35 people from the Singleton community came together to take part in the Spring garden revamp.
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Project Achievements
HRLN Landcare Initiatives and Activities 2017 – 2018
Glendonbrook Remnant and Riparian Restoration Project
Click the link below to view and download the document about this project. It is a very large file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TbQr9oLEIELStGG3I00TSHfP-_tYWPfL/view?ts=5a178b67 [embeddoc...
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Hunter Region Landcare Workshop grants 2019-2020
Thanks to the generous support of the Hunter Local Land Services, HRLN once again has funding available for a series of field-days/workshops, hosted by our Member Groups, on topics of interest to the Landcarers in their local area.
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Macpac Fund For Good
We award modest contributions of between $2,000-10,000 to those organisations who align with our ideals
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