Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 8 links: Soil health indicators for Australian vineyards Booklet: Soil health indicators for Australian vineyards booklet Poster: The great EcoVineyards Aussie earth worm count poster Video notes: Getting to know the earthworms …
Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 7 links: EcoGrowers case study: Falkenberg Vineyard Video: Dan Falkenberg – Eden Hall Wines EcoVineyards Adelaide Hills ground cover event, Spring 2023 Video: Andrey Fairney – Seeding Natives EcoVineyards Adelaide Hills ground …
Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 6 links: Meet the EcoGrower: Dan Falkenberg EcoGrowers case study: Falkenberg vineyard Grower insights sheet: Dan Falkenberg, Eden Hall Wines ground covers EcoVineyards best practice management guide on ground covers in Australian …
Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 5 links: Meet the EcoGrower: Dan Falkenberg EcoGrowers case study: Falkenberg vineyard Grower insights sheet: Dan Falkenberg, Eden Hall Wines ground covers Enhancing biodiversity in the vineyard workshop notes: Falkenberg Vineyard (page …
By Dr Michael Nash, The University of Adelaide and Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty LtdAbout this fact sheet Four species of snail Cornu aspersum, common garden snail; Theba pisana, white Italian snail; Cernuella spp., vineyard or common white snail; and Cochlicella barbara, small conical or small pointed snail predominantly cause vine damage especially at bud burst, they may contaminate …
Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 4 links: EcoVineyards best practice management guide on ground covers in Australian vineyards: An example of the cost and benefit of transitioning from annual cereal crops to perennial native grasses (page 33) …
Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 3 links: EcoVineyards articles (underpinning science) PhD Thesis: The potential functional diversity offered by native insectary plants to support populations of predatory arthropods in Australian vineyards Article: The importance of biodiversity and …
Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 2 links: Biodiversity action plan (BAP) templates What is agroecology? EcoVineyards agroecology primer Regional plant species lists EcoVineyards best practice management guide on ground covers in Australian vineyards Fact sheet: Weedy species …
Thank you for listening! We are delighted to present the EcoGrowers podcast where we discuss practical ways of growing in harmony with nature! Additional resources EcoGrowers Podcast Episode 1 links: EcoVineyards program snapshot EcoVineyards agroecology primer Retallack Viticulture and Ecology EcoVineyards articles (underpinning science) WGCSA EcoVineyards (where the program started in 2019) Regional plant species lists (common and botanical names) …
By Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty Ltd In this guide you can read more about the importance of functional biodiversity, early succession, coloniser, or pioneer (weedy) species, flora (insectary plants), fauna (predatory birds, insect eating mammals, reptiles, amphibians), reported agrochemical toxicity to humans and cost and benefits of suggested practice change.About this fact sheet The beauty and functionality of …