By Dr Amanda Schapel and Dr Mary Retallack In this guide you can read more about the chemical and physical aspects of soil health, how to measure soil health indicators and monitor your progress against suggested scoring guides.About this fact sheet The beauty and functionality of native Australian wildflowers. Native Australian wildflowers produce significant pollen for insects, including bees, and …
Earthworms are often referred to as ‘ecosystem engineers’ as they help to decompose plant material to increase plant available nutrients, aerate and create soil pores, which in turn improves soil structure and aggregate stability. Earthworms are vitally important and provide an indicator of vineyard soil health. Download the Soil Health Indicators booklet and this worm poster to identify the types …
Download your EcoVineyards soil health indicators poster to benchmark your soil health using our indicators as a guide and assess your progress against your own metrics. You may wish to print out a copy for individual blocks or management units and track your progress on individual sheets.DOWNLOAD POSTER
South Australian viticulturist Dr Mary Retallack was a finalist for the 2022 Bob Hawke Landcare Award. She is currently spearheading a collective movement within the wine community with the National EcoVineyards Program, earning her a spot in the top three finalists for the Bob Hawke Landcare Award.WATCH HERE
Dr Retallack presented at the 2022 National Landcare Conference. Learn more about a suite of native insectary plants that grow resilience and enhance functional biodiversity in production systems, and how the EcoVineyards project is generating multiple, measurable and tangible benefits including biodiversity enhancement, native vegetation cover, biological control of grapevine pests, improved soil health, habitat for endangered birds, microbats and …