Tiller the Oats
I learned a new word today, well an old word with a different meaning. I was in the […]
Oats Loving the Rain
The oats are looking amazing, with a good colour, apart from one little patch in the middle that […]
Finishing the Oats
The first job on the third and final day of oat planting 2013 was picking up all the […]
Sowing our Oats
We have sown Swan oats for hay over the last couple of years and this year we decided […]
Smudge Soap
With Smudge producing almost 4 litres of milk a day, I had to find ways to make use […]
Shovelling sh!t
On a farm you spend a lot of time moving manure from one place to another and today […]
Seeking Shade
I was very happy to see some of the sheep lying down in the shade of the shelter when […]
Wiltshire Horn
Two of our ewes are Wiltshire Horn, I chose them as they looked healthy and strong. The breeder […]
We’ve got Sheep!
A local breeder delivered our 12 ewes and a ram at lunchtime today. Fourteen months after seeing […]
New Oat Paddock Prepped
We borrowed a 4m length of railway track from our neighbour to flatten the new oat paddock before […]
Let us in
The horses have been locked out of the big paddock for over 5 months since we sprayed the […]
Stacked
One of the good things about big round bales is that they are very quick to stack. We […]
On the Ground
At the end of the day I was very happy to have the oats on the ground, a […]
Planning the Harvest
The oats are looking ready for cutting for hay. Some of the paddock looks like it is browning […]
Ripening
Another week has passed and the oats are looking well formed. I don’t want to harvest them for […]
Oat Heads Forming
Three months after germination, most of the oats have “headed” and will probably flower in the next couple of […]
I love Bunnies, but….
They are multiplying. Two days ago, there were 2, today there are 4 and they are chomping their […]
Different soil types
This is a great image showing the range of soils we have across the property – gutless grey […]
Thinking Ahead
Next year we are moving the oats down to the fertile valley floor on the northeast of the […]
Chartreuse Velvet
The oats have really benefited from the light rain this week. The paddock is looking like green […]
30 millimetres in 30 minutes
We don’t often get torrential rain in the SW of WA, but this morning we did. We had […]
Raindrop Reflections
We have had a couple of mm of rain overnight, just enough to keep the dust down and […]
Haleotydeus Destructor
The name says it all, and we are infested with them. I first spotted them a month ago […]
Hairy Paddock
Ten days after we rolled the seed in, the oats have sprouted. There was a little bit of […]
Perfect Winter Weather
After 15mm of rain over the weekend, the last 2 days have been clear, crisp and dry. The […]
Harrowing
After seeding I ran the harrows round the paddock to cover the seeds and turn the soil over […]
Knockdown
The glyphosate did its job on the capeweed, sorrel and most of the onion weed in the oat paddock. We […]
Red Legged Earth Mite
This was supposed to be a post about my asparagus which has just thrown up its first 2 […]
Hiatus
The sky was so brilliant that I sat on the grass and watched the clouds for a while […]
Dam Rising Damn Sowing
The heavy rains have lifted the level in the dam quite considerably and the creek is flowing already. This […]
PIC
We are now almost like a real farm as we are registered with Department of Agriculture and have […]
Confused
The old saying is: red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in’t morning, shepherds take warning. We […]
We Got an Inch!
It seems strange to get so excited by 27mm of rain over 24 hours, but this is first […]
A Look into the Future
Once the goats are settled into our daily lives, the next plan is for some sheep in the […]
Waste Product
This Jersey steer had no value as a male dairy breed and would have gone to slaughter at […]
Knee high to a big grasshopper
Looks like the Oaten Hay is ready for cutting. The seeds are milky when squeezed and starting to […]
Chemical Warfare
One of the drivers for establishing and growing oats was to control the onion weed which is rampant […]
It rained
Finally, after being promised rain for most of April and getting 2mm in the first 2 days of […]
Oat Inspection
One month after spreading the slow release organic fertiliser, the oats are looking nice and green. There has […]
More Rocks
We have finished clearing the rocks from the top part of the oat paddock, we are going to […]
Got My Licence
I drove the tractor for the first time today. I did a 2 day tractor course at Margaret […]
Last Supper
The horses are enjoying their freedom in the top paddock for the last time before it is fenced […]
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