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The Blackwood Valley Small Landholders Group have organised and/or conducted the following workshops since forming in 1999.

Name

Date

Soils are alive

18 Mar 2000

Growing grapes, olives, cherries & other stone fruits on your land

28 May 2000

One day intro to farm forestry

4 Jun 2000

Small breeds for small blocks

10 Sep 2000

Small Landholders Speakers Tent

25 Nov 2000

Seed collecting workshop

2 Dec 2000

All about dams

31 Mar 2001

Owner-builder field day

1 July 2001

Topoclimate workshop

4 Aug 2001

Creating your country garden

3 Nov 2001

Seed collecting workshop

15 Dec 2001

Country wine making & tasting workshop

19 Jan 2002

Developing your water resource

13 Apr 2002

How to handle chemicals safely

18 May 2002

Firebreak workshop

10 Aug 2002

Fruit bottling workshop

22 Feb 2003

Water resources field day

17 May 2003

Managing Ferals

28 Jun 2003

Grafting & Budding workshop

2 Aug 2003

Soil types and their management

11 Oct 2003

Country wine making & tasting workshop

31 Jan 2004

Managing Weeds, Erosion, water, pasture & ground cover on your block

30 Apr 2004

Bushfire Training

26 Jun 2004

Property Planning Workshop

21 Aug 2004

Fruit bottling workshop

5 Feb 2005

Productive gardening

19 Mar 2005

A water resource for your property

9 Apr 2005

Getting into sheep & goats & how not to kill your cow

31 Jul 2005

Organic Gardening for profit, pleasure or sustenance

10 Sep 2005

Property Planning Workshop

15 Oct 2005

Chainsaw Operator’s Course

1 Apr 2006

Managing your weeds

22 Apr 2006

Organic Food Growing

13 May 2006

Fruit Growing Workshop

24 Jun 2006

Soils Workshop

17 Feb 2007

Fencing Expo

24 Mar 2007

A recent survey of members provided the following statistics indicating their priority for future workshops.

Subject

No.

Pest and Weed Control

23

Permaculture / Organic

22

Water Management

20

Pruning Fruit Trees

20

Netting Fruit Trees

19

Fence Construction

17

Aquaculture / Marron

13

Bushfire Awareness

13

Bottling Fruit

13

Making Fruit Wine

11

Wetlands

11

Seeds

10

Visiting Small Orchards

10

Poultry

10

Sheep Management

10

Chainsaw Course

10

Olives

8

Managing Your Bushland

8

Tourist Accommodation

6

Choosing Stock

5

Horticulture

4

Keeping Horses

3

Breeding Pigs

1

Other suggestions

Pasture management

Social

Social, Animal Husbandry

Cottage Gardens & Plant sale or exchange.  Garden visits.

Grey water systems

Fish pond maintenance

Network of shared farm machinery

Soil & water testing

Stock yard construction & design

 

Annual General Meeting

The AGM was held on Saturday 20 October 2007 at Bridgetown Pottery & Tearooms.  20 people attended to hear the formalities and elect new Committee members.  John Nicholas stood down as President after two years.  Our thanks goes to John for his valuable contribution to the Group and his excellent leadership during his period with the Group.  Brad Williams was elected as chairperson to replace John.  Colin Jeffery was elected as Vice Chairperson. Brian Moore remained as Treasurer.  Fred Butterworth came on board as Secretary.

Three new Committee members were elected.  These were Gemma Williams, Mike Boud, and Eric Wheatley.  Thanks for volunteering.

MEETINGS 

The Group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the Bridgetown Railway Station at 5.30pm - visitors are welcome.