Slashing the Plantation
Slashing helps keep the weeds down, reduces the fuel load – and fire risk – and makes the […]
Burly Burl
An enormous burl is forming on one of the large Jarrah trees in the forest. The burl wood […]
Rain Returns
Another 10mm in the rain gauge, so it looks like October will be wetter than average – which […]
Widening the Fire Breaks
Brad ran round the boundary with the slasher to widen the fire breaks. They will need to be […]
Chicks Getting Wing Feathers
At two weeks old the chicks are getting their wing feathers and look much more sturdy and less […]
Epic Sunrise
At 8 degrees it was a couple of degrees warmer than the last couple of days and the […]
Brad finds Greenhouse Panel
A week after the big storm blew out one of the panels in the greenhouse, Brad found it […]
Picking Up Sticks
Some of the sticks were bigger than others. Brad used the tractor to clear the last of the […]
Brad Weeding
While I am in the UK for 10 days, Brad is on farm and guest post duty to […]
Fake Freesias
We have quite a large patch of what I thought were freesias near the gate on the west […]
Storm Casualty 3+
A number of trees came down on the west boundary of the property, both on the road and […]
Storm Casualty 1
I was very relieved to see the greenhouse was still standing after the storm and probably a bit […]
Wind and Rain Forecast
Wind and Rain received. I knew it was coming, but it was still horrible. We had 30mm of […]
Fullish Moon
I spotted the moon rising through the trees near the house and thought it was a full one. […]
First Hailstorm
Giving a bit of variety to the precipitation, just before 8am we got our first ever hail since […]
Still Raining
I woke to another wet morning. I am sure when the weather heats up I will be wishing […]
More Monochrome Rain
I love how the rain softens the view, and washes out the colours. It is almost as if […]
Rain at 07:24
The promised rain started an hour after the golden sunrise. It was fairly light but took our total […]
Sunrise at 06:24
The red faded into gold as the sun came up, but the clouds were forecasting rain.
Stunning Red Sky at 06:14
Ten minutes before the sun actually came up, the colour in the clouds was like liquid copper, shimmering […]
Babies for Mama
A week later, and Mama is still broody, so I bought a couple of day old chicks from […]
Reprieve
There was a lull in the storm and I made the most of the sunshine and weeded another […]
Flip-Flop Hoof-Stand
A farrier’s hoof-stand has been on my wish list for a couple of months and the wild, wet […]
Coral Vine
The Coral Vine (Kennedia Coccinia) lives up to its name whenever it finds something to climb. Twining its […]
Crossed Legs
Only 45 minutes after they were born, the little ones are making progress getting their legs to work. […]
Springing Back to Life
I had no idea how flat I had become after a long cold and wet winter. We have […]
Sunrise at 06:42
The mostly clear skies meant it was about 7 degrees cooler than yesterday, but also meant an interesting […]
Three Eggs A Day
Ginger the champion chicken is still laying everyday and the others are catching up. Mama is laying every day again […]
Cloud Blanket
A thick bank of clouds started rolling in just after 5.30 last night. This blanket kept temperatures up […]
Asparagus Spears Spring
I was all excited to see the Asparagus Spears punching their way out of the ground, until I […]
A Guilty Pleasure
These bright “mini sunflowers” are the prolific capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), so I did feel guilty admiring them. Like the […]
Above Average August Rains
There were only 3 days this month that it didn’t rain! An average August down here would have […]
Use What You Have II
We have started building the base for our wood-fire pizza oven. We have clay, gravel and sand on […]
Use What You Have
We wanted to build some seating around the firepit and looked at various options, including rough logs, stone blocks […]
Memorial Garden
Widening the gap between us and real farmers is our memorial garden or Pet Cemetery. We buried Goldie […]
Turning over the Compost
Brad turned over the compost bins with the bucket on the tractor so we have a whole pile of […]
Spots are In
The pair of welcome swallows have finished their new nest and I was delighted to see their interior […]
Horseproof Fence
The pony train heads home after a couple of hours of free range grazing, all in the proper […]
Standing Water
The guineas are quite happy with the standing water in our new emergency swales. It saves them a […]
Rain Heart
The band of rain due to arrive this morning came with its own loveheart of low pressure. We […]
The Early Bird
I caught this kookaburra swooping down to collect a worm on the gravel drive. The rain always brings worms […]
Yellow-Rumped Thornbill II
I got a better photo of the Yellow-Rumped Thornbill which clearly shows the “white spotted black crown” on […]
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