Deans Marsh, VIC – Landscape Rehydration, Soil Health & SPOT Check Workshop
Description
Soil functionality and farm profitability go hand in hand. Every farm has the potential to enhance its soil. In this workshop, you’ll learn which factors influence landscape and soil hydration, how to improve them, and how to assess ongoing progress. Led by Landscape & Soil Scientist Phil Mulvey, this course aims to give you the skills and knowledge to manage your journey toward increased soil resilience and profitability over time.
During this workshop we will discuss:
Why runoff occurs
How to read your land
What infiltration is and how to increase it
What plant available water is and why it’s called the sponge
How the sponge decreases summer temperatures
What trees have to do with it
How to increase the efficiency and thickness of the sponge
Why assess soil improvement
What are the two levers of profit
You will practise skills to:
Engage your senses with simple measurement tools to assess the current state of your soil
Learn how to assess soil improvement over time
Demo & Prac: we invite you to bring about 250g of your best and worst top soil and soil from 20-30cm in deep (roughly a ziplock bag each).
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