Innovative No-Till: Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health

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A sneak peek at Farming Secrets ‘Walk the Talk’ Clip 2 of 5

Bruce talks to Australian Worm Growers Association president, David Davidson about why he is using worms on his farm. David explains why cow manure is the best of all animal manures to feed the worms.

Are you are looking to set up your own worm farm and have it thrive? Then “Composting With Worms Made Easy” is a great DVD for starting out.

The DVD features David Davidson, President of the Australian Worm Growers Association showing you the best worm farms and how to keep your worms healthy. Check it out now at: www.farmingsecrets.com/fs/store

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A sneak peek at Farming Secrets ‘Walk the Talk’ Clip 1 of 5

Posted by Helen Disler | Composting, Education, Farming Secrets Club, Fertilizers, Fertlisers, Soil Health, Systems, Walk The TALK, biological farming, worms | Friday 7 October 2011 2:09 pm

Bruce shows David one of his worm set ups and they discuss in general the different foods given to the worms.

Are you are looking to set up your own worm farm and have it thrive? Then “Composting With Worms Made Easy” is a great DVD for starting out.

The DVD features David Davidson, President of the Australian Worm Growers Association showing you the best worm farms and how to keep your worms healthy. Check it out now at: www.farmingsecrets.com/fs/store

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“Watch this. Low cost food for all. We can all do this.”

Posted by Helen Disler | Education, Farm Management, Marketing | Saturday 10 September 2011 8:10 am

Pioneering urban farmer Will Allen from QUEST Wisconsin on Vimeo.

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Find out how easy it is to test your soil pH!

www.farmingsecrets.com Why test for pH? Bruce Davison, Candelo shows Hugo Disler of Farming Secrets how easy it is to find out his soil pH. In just a few minutes Bruce can find out whether his soil is acidic or alkaline. By monitoring his soil like this, it quickly shows Bruce what is happening in his soil and why weeds may be thriving. Then Bruce can start applying more of his worm juice to raise the pH in more acidic areas.

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Farming Secrets Sneak Peek: The 10 Penny Principle for biological farming

Posted by Helen Disler | Farm Management, Farming Secrets Club, Walk The TALK, organic farming | Saturday 16 July 2011 12:25 pm

www.farmingsecrets.com Hear Mark Nakata of Beyond Organix explain how he keeps the farmer’s budget unchanged as he helps them stop using chemicals.

It is quite simple really as he uses the 10 Penny Principle to divide up the farm’s expenses. He shows as time goes by the allocation changes. Costs of inputs go down and a profit is retained. Listen here to find out more:

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ABC Landline - Biological Farming features Tony Evans, Camperdown Compost

Posted by Helen Disler | Composting, Farm Management, Farming Secrets Club, Soil Health, biological farming, organic farming | Monday 4 July 2011 9:15 am

Farming Secrets recently filmed Tony Evans of Camperdown Compost and the excellent work that he is doing with waste management on dairy farms. You can see and hear more of Tony on this blog.

Also you can see more of his work  on the ABC Landline website which featured his work this week along with Gary Zimmer and others.

The report starts with Anne Kruger, Presenter who says: You’ve probably heard of the term biological farming. But what exactly does it mean? Those who practise it say it’s a way of farming that combines scientific methods with common sense.

In essence, it’s all about the soil, the so-called building blocks of life. Biological farming aims to encourage the beneficial microorganisms in the soil. And those who’ve embarked on it say it’s transforming their farms and their lives.

To read more please go to:

http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2010/s3259712.htm

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Farming Secrets featured “DVD of the month”: DIRT the Movie

Posted by Helen Disler | Education, Farm Management, Farming Secrets Club, Microbes, Soil Health, biological farming, organic farming | Wednesday 20 April 2011 10:50 am

Here’s a quick preview of our featured “DVD of the Month” DIRT the Movie

You can read what Celia thinks about it in our latest Farming Secrets Digest at: www.farmingsecrets.com/fs

This DVD is available for purchase from our store at: www.farmingsecrets.com/fs/store IMMEDIATELY.

Priced at $27 plus $3 postage but due to a miscalculation is available for the next 7 visitors for only $17 plus $3 postage (Australia only)

Email:helen@farmingsecrets.com to place your order straight away. It is essential viewing.

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Farmers are basically biological solar collectors

Posted by Helen Disler | Animal Health, Farm Management, Farming Secrets Club, Products, Soil Health, Stock Supplements, biological farming | Thursday 6 May 2010 2:02 am

Listen as leading animal nutritionalist Jerry Brunetti talks about energy. We all need energy which ultimately comes from the sun. Then we have ecosystems which are able to take the gift of the sunlight and condense it into a myriad of forms which recycle over and over. For more visit www.farmingsecrets.com/fs/store

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Introducing Jerry Brunetti and a quick overview of his 2 day course: “Ruminations on Life - Nutrition and Health for Cattle, Sheep and Other Grazing Animals”f

Listen as leading animal nutritionalist Jerry Brunetti talks  about the importance of nutrition, farm biodiversity and the importance of seeing the farm as a whole system. Do you see your farm as a whole organism? Jerry questions the use of the world ’sustainability’.
Jerry Brunetti - Ruminations On Life
The 6 DVD set “Ruminations On Life - Nutrition and Health for Cattle, Sheep and other grazing Animals” is the best resource anywhere for a detailed whole picture view of natural, healthy farming. It is the complete recording of a 2 day course led by Jerry Brunetti. Jerry is a walking encyclopedia with a vast storehouse of knowledge which all of us would do well to listen to.
Each set comes complete with the Course Manual so it is almost as good as being there.
CDs of the course are also available which are great to play when driving around on your tractor.
For more visit www.farmingsecrets.com/fs/store

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