The 2022 tree-planting extravaganza with Carey Baptist Grammar. Where did the trees come from and what will they become?

At this time of year, the Hopbush is looking spectacular. I have mixed feelings about this shrub though. On one hand, it hosts lots of cool insects and birds and is useful for erosion control. But it can be invasive, encroaching and then dominating vegetation communities.

Dark emu is in the sky, the emus have laid their eggs, but I’ve been looking at their poo.

The weirdest-looking seed and swarms of bright red bugs.

Tree planting is complete for the 2021 season. Our planting technique this year involved an excavator and one tonne of pelletised worm castings!

In the Mallee, it is essential to water the trees and shrubs we plant, to make sure the revegetation survives the tough first summer. This is Phil's clever watering set-up to make it just a little easier.

We are trialing cocoon planters to increase the survival and growth rate of our tube-stock for revegetation. January update.

Sandhill Wattle is a major component of our revegetation program. But it is also a bit of a rock star with many unique characters.

This rare, slow-growing wattle is long-lived and can grow to an immense size.

The Zebra Finches are here in numbers which means the Porcupine Grass seed is ripe. Porcupine Grass (Triodia scariosa), sometimes called Spinifex, has an interesting story …

Our trial of scalping the soil to restore a semi-arid grassland.

The Murnong (Yam Daisies) are flowering in the Mallee. Read more about identification, cultural uses for food and how to grow this beautiful plant.

Year after year, the Wattle have their own, consistent rhythm for flowering … and seed collection.

August is the time to sow seed of native Pine (Callitris gracilis) so the tubestock will be ready to plant out in Autumn.

This is our home made direct seeding machine for revegetation of native plants.