Biocast from Island Biologicals

Biocast from Island Biologicals Islands Biologicals - Suppliers/Manufacturers of high quality liquid biostimulants to improve soils Island Biologicals runs by the motto 'life creates life'.

Our mission is to help Australian growers add more life to our land by reconnecting with and working with natural processes when growing plants. We create a high quality liquid vermicast biostimulant called 'Biocast', that literally adds life to plants and soil thanks to the living microbes in our liquid! We are a family owned and operated business on Oxley Island, on the mid north coast of NSW. W

e started as 'Islands In The Stream Vermiculture' in 2013 out of an interest in biological soil improvement methods. We have a passion for nature, health, and getting your hands dirty!

03/06/2026

So much potential...

Potential for production.
Potential to cut the overheads.
Potential for flood mitigation.
Potential for a living air conditioner.
Potential for greater health and wellbeing.
Potential for biodiversity.
Potential for life.

1st and last scenes from Oxhill Organics. Wheck out our other reels and blog posts over the past week if you've missed them!

Life creates life: that's our motto here at Island Bioloigcals!

We're glad you're all loving the videos of Chris's epic multi pastures!When it comes to multi species, we had this quest...
02/06/2026

We're glad you're all loving the videos of Chris's epic multi pastures!

When it comes to multi species, we had this question from Bernie, though I'm sure she's not the only one wondering: "What's the best mix to start with??"

The short answer is 'whatever you can get your hands on', which might be an annoying kind of answer, so the long answer is this new post: https://biocast.com.au/whats-the-best-seed-mix-to-start-with/

We don't believe in cookie cutter approaches, we do believe in having an informed try and learning as you go. The article has some really basic principles to help get started, and a collection of resources if you want to go deeper.

By the way in the picture is one we got from Downunder AG which ticks lots of boxes!

Have you tried multis? What tips can you share?

Happy winter?Do we still do seasons? We've noticed quite a few plants way out of whack this year. The old rules about wh...
01/06/2026

Happy winter?

Do we still do seasons? We've noticed quite a few plants way out of whack this year. The old rules about what to plant where and when and how have faded to rough guidelines.

It's forecast to be a warm one with the likely onset of a 'super El Nino' and noone even knows what that means because it's unpredictable at the best of times and this one is on a warmest-ever baseline...

Aaaanyway as our 4yo robot enthusiast would say (if he knew the word resilience): "Activate resilience mode". Weather matters of course but we can take steps to not be completely at its mercy. We see projects all over the world greening the deserts, rebuilding the topsoil at scale, holding water in the landscape, cooling land surface, increasing production and human and animal wellbeing all the while. As you'll see in our latest blog, for some people it can be as simple as putting out a few different seeds when they see the chance.

Read it here: https://biocast.com.au/seeds-as-a-tool-for-building-soil-structure/

31/05/2026

No fertiliser, not even any compost tea. How Chris Eggert is building fertility at Oxhill Organics with just bioprimed seed.

See also our new blog, 'Using seed as a tool for building soil structure', where we share 10 practical insights that we learned through working with Chris. Link in our Linktree via ‘blogs’

29/05/2026

Life creates life

Chris Eggert of Oxhill Organics talking us through why he does what he does with multi species seeding primed with Biocast.

28/05/2026

Look how soft this soil is 😍 100% of this bit of rain at the moment is going in.

Lee visited Chris Eggert last Friday to check out the multi species pasures. This is year 3 of sowing a Biocast-primed multi over existing perennial pasture, and the results are fantastic. Chris is blown away by the change he's seen in his soils using this method over a short time frame, despite being organic for 20 years. He says there's no way he would have been able to dig like this here 3 years ago.

Video taken at Oxhill Organics, Wauchope. More videos from that trip to come!

Thanks, Pat, for this share on yesterday's post! Love your work.You can follow what Pat's up to on YouTube at Pat's Rege...
27/05/2026

Thanks, Pat, for this share on yesterday's post! Love your work.

You can follow what Pat's up to on YouTube at Pat's Regen Grazing.

Barley, 6 days post sowing in the flood mud last June.On the left: easily lifts out; has extremely little access to soil...
26/05/2026

Barley, 6 days post sowing in the flood mud last June.

On the left: easily lifts out; has extremely little access to soil resources including nutrients, water, and microbial assistance; and is not contributing to anything.

On the right: Primed with Biocast, held firm in the soil, has access to soil resources, and the rhizosheath there indicates that it is contributing already to the formation of soil structure.

6 days. This is how easy it is to get started with improving your soil structure.

Note: priming with Biocast just means lightly wetting the seed with it. Recommended rate is 5-10L/t seed, depending how efficient your mixing is. At this rate seed should be contact dry by sowing and not affect your spreader.

25/05/2026

Do this test at your place and see what your soil structure is like!

You need:
A glass jar
Some coarse mesh to hold your clod of soil sitting in the top of your jar
Water to the top of the jar
A handful of soil

Place the soil in the mesh and watch what happens!

We filmed this after the floods last year using freshly deposited flood mud, vs soil from our garden. It's not a direct comparison but get a good sense of what the difference can be. This is a really useful one to track over time and assess your soil health and risk.

Actively building soil structure using plants and biology is the way to both boost farm fertility, and buffer yourself a...
24/05/2026

Actively building soil structure using plants and biology is the way to both boost farm fertility, and buffer yourself against future droughts and floods.

When soils take a hit, like after the huge floods we had a year ago, it's important to help them out.

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Taree, NSW
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