Hi there, I am new to this forum. We have a hobby farm in NSW northern rivers.

I have a south facing slope in the cattle/horse paddock which has been overrun by blady grass and weeds. I have spent the last couple of seasons selectively spraying broadleaf weeds and slashing. With spring here I plan to oversow the area with Rhodes grass and Millet. The point of the millet would be to get up quickly for some early summer feed and shade out the weeds. Will it also shade out the establishing Rhodes grass too much?

My plan was (to minimse labour):

Hi all, Been researching over the net and stumbled over this gem of a website. Have had a read through the forums but as Im only able to access on my old phone, this is quite a task! Id appreciate if anyone has the time to read and advise. We are looking at purchasing a 4.84 ha (just under 12 acres/48400 square meters) property located near Broadwater Far North NSW. Ex cane farm, nothing but grass has grown on it in 15-20 years. Type of grass im unsure, am in the process of finding out but is totally covered. Soil is a mix of sandy and clay loam right opposite the Richmond River.

Hi, my husband & I have just bought 14 acres in Qld & are hoping to be reasonably self sufficient in years to come.

One boundary of the land is river which is unfenced at this time. The neighbours cows have pretty much had free range of our land which is fine as it is free fertiliser & has kept the grass mown but they are also eroding the riverbank in several places. Is there anywhere we can go to apply for a grant to help with fencing costs & purchase of trees to revegetate?

Hi All,

Just a quick note to recommend the farm consultations offered through Charlie on this site. We have recently bought 100 acres for our tree change and once the excitement of settlement passed, we moved into the 'omg what have we done? we have no idea where to start or what we are doing' phase.