Time for Summer Mulching in your Garden
By Karen Godwin, Horticulturist Mulching is one of the most beneficial things you can do to better garden health this summer. Mulches are materials placed over the soil surface of garden beds and pots either when initially planting your plants or to maintain your existing garden beds. The main benefits of mulching your garden include […]
Hidden In The Hills – Coachwood
By Lachlan Turner Readers will be forgiven for thinking that the images accompanying this article are of the NSW Christmas Bush (Ceratopetalum gummiferum). However, featured here is a close relative known as Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apelatum). They both grow in similar conditions and are distributed largely across the same regions along the entire eastern coastal ranges […]
Fire Season Coming … Buy the Right Pump
After the Black Summer, we all learnt a lot about the ravages of bushfire. Here in the Hills district, we have a huge fuel build-up and we all know the local brigades can’t be everywhere at once. If you make the decision to stay and protect your property, pets and livestock, be prepared. You’ll need […]
Dural RFS
SHOWCASING OUR MEMBERS Over the coming issues we will be highlighting a number of members from Dural RFS- Rural Fire Brigade. Hi, my name is Amy and during 2020, I took the steps to become a member of the Dural Rural Fire Brigade. I was excited to get involved and give back to the community, […]
Glenhaven Rural Fire Brigade
The last month has seen an increase in activity for the brigade. There have been a number of calls to bush fires, grass fires and building automatic fire alarms. Where there is a risk from bush fire, the NSW Rural Fire Service uses Bush Fire Alerts to provide information to affected communities using radio, television, […]
