Sounds of Summer
As the sun goes down, the birds start up, and tonight, the Magpies and Crows were almost deafening […]
Scents of Summer
We only have a couple of these trees round the property, they have prickly, serrated, holly shaped leaves […]
Goldie Killed by Snake
Goldie had lost her limp and was back to normal by the 27th of January, but 2 days […]
Packed Lunch
Brad found some hornet/wasps nests in the shed and when he knocked them down, he saw that each […]
Flowering Marri
The Marri seem to be flowering a bit later this year. Someone once told me that if they […]
My Favourite Grass
We have a number of different reeds, sedges and grasses around the property, but this is my favourite. […]
Ants In Action
It was a surprisingly overcast day, so I thought I would look at the ants nest to see […]
First Bottlebrush Flower
Half the property is covered with Jarrah/Marri/Banksia forest with a fantastic range of trees with wonderful blossoms, but […]
Jumping Joey
In a perfect start to Australia Day, I saw a young joey and its mum bouncing through the […]
Lame Chicken
When I let the girls out this morning, I noticed that Goldie was limping quite badly. I picked […]
Finding Their Voices
The young Guineas are now between 9 and 10 weeks old and yesterday some of them tried out […]
Dam pump not working
Again…. I went to water the vege beds and there was no water in the pipes. Freakily it […]
Free Food No More
For tens of thousands of years, people have been eating food that sets seeds and regenerates, either naturally […]
Gorgeous Grasshopper
This Gumleaf Grasshopper (Goniaea) was in the leaf litter when I first spotted him, but he very helpfully hopped […]
Perfect Sit, Stay
I asked Shorty to sit and stay while I was moving Mama Guinea Fowl off the nest and […]
Seedy Sorrel
I spent some time this morning handpicking sorrel out of the irrigated summer paddock. I think it is […]
More Babies !!
I thought 2 more Guinea Fowl had been taken by foxes, as there were only 4 out and […]
Mouse Trap
We were over-run with mice when we lived in the caravan and shed, so I was horrified when […]
Ants Forecasting Heat?
Aboriginal weather knowledge has been learned by observing nature for thousands of years. One of the theories is […]
Break and Enter
The horses get into the irrigated summer paddock every afternoon around 4 for an hour or so before […]
Chaffing 1930s Style
Our neighbours have restored a 1930s Chaff Cutter and added a new electric motor. They have kindly let […]
Arch Nemesis – Dock
Weeds are always an issue for landholders. In the three years we have been here, we have been […]
A Cool Change
Only 10 days after sweating through a hot night when the temperature didn’t go below 25 C(78 F), […]
Dung Beetles at Work
I have never seen so many dung beetles in one pile before. It was the only offering in […]
Baby Blue Eyes under siege
Something had been trying to dig into the Guinea Fowl cage over night. The predator had focused its […]
Storm Front
Ex-tropical cyclone Narelle created some epic storm fronts over the Southwest this morning. The front had such defined […]
Compost is king
Composting horse poo in bays made from re-purposed metal beds is the ultimate in recycling. The three horses […]
First Pomegranates
Our first ever pomegranates have appeared. There were a lot of beautiful coral coloured flowers earlier in the […]
On Patrol, with an apprentice
The Guinea Fowl are worth their weight in gold. Three years we had to pay a contractor to […]
Fire in the sky
The humidity associated with ex-tropical cyclone Narelle is sending some clouds down the coast which leads to some […]
Nature Trails
An almost imperceptible flattening of leaves is often all you see of the discrete, but discernible, trails through […]
Evolving from Helpless infants
Over the last 200 years western society has become dependent on centralised and industrialised systems for power, food, […]
Iridescent
When I thought about the Diary, I was worried I would run out of things to see, photograph […]
7 Weeks Old
The Guinea’s are now 7-8 weeks old and look almost like mature adults. They are perching on the […]
The flies have disappeared
After wearing a flyveil for the last 7 weeks while working around the property, this morning I picked […]
First Summer Salad
I have just picked the first tomatoes and cucumber of summer and added some rocket for a fresh […]
Blessed Relief
A cool change came through with the westerly winds that settled in at 4.30. The temperature dropped 15 […]
Two Escapees
After a max temp of 41 degrees yesterday, it only got down to 25 degrees overnight, so the […]
Scaring the Horses
When the temperature hit 39 and the wind dropped, I went out to irrigate the summer paddock, but […]
Time Flies
Waking in the night and seeing the waning moon, I was surprised to see how quickly another week had passed. […]
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