Year End 2013
I took a bit of a walk round the property to check on our progress over the last […]
Narrow Winged Wattle
The Narrow Winged Wattle (Acacia stenoptera Benth.) looks like it is about to flower, which is either a […]
Seed Saving
I am learning more about this gardening lark, and this year I have planted more things from seed […]
Healthy Horses
This picture shows the beautiful copper sheen that was hinted at three months ago when 28 year old […]
Big Bold Bunny
This big bunny was as bold as you like hopping round the front garden in the middle of […]
Sunrise 05:18
It was a very chilly morning, only 7 degrees – 5 degrees below average temperatures. The dam looked […]
Stairway to Heaven
I got up at 2:22am to get a drink of water and saw the moon reflected in the […]
Guinea Nest
I have now collected 9 eggs from the Guinea nest in front of the house. I don’t want […]
A spot of rain
It was just a spot of rain, but it freshened everything up. Last December we recorded the hottest temperature […]
Tina and Lola
The 2 new chickens are very different in colour, so we can definitely tell them apart. The paler […]
Ginger Moulting not Dying
Ginger is moulting not dying and is laying again. Two weeks ago, I was worried that Ginger had […]
Distracted
I had put my second batch of Christmas shortbread in the oven and decided to let the chickens […]
View from the Milking Shed
I have been milking Midge for 4 weeks now, but she is still feeding the kids, so I […]
Watering In
We put some fertilizer out on the arena/summer paddock yesterday, so I was very happy to get a […]
Summer Solstice Sunrise
Well almost. Today was the first time I woke up to see the sunrise at 5:10am. There was […]
Here comes Summer
Another task that heralds the start of summer is oiling the jarrah (Australian hard wood) decking that wraps […]
Reticulating the Vege Beds
For the last 2+years, we have been watering the vege beds with the summer paddock sprinklers, but the […]
A Swift Return
There were about 10 Fairy Martins flying around this morning, this was the first time I had seen them […]
Funny Faces
I dug up the last of the potatoes today to clear more space in the vege beds for […]
Christmas Colours
The Red and Green flowers on our Tall Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos flavidus) look very seasonal. They are living […]
Horns Growing
At 3.5 months, the kids horns looking like they are growing by the day. The horns started coming […]
The Longest Day
I wasn’t up in time to see the sunrise just after 5am, but luckily the moon hung around […]
Miracle of Nature
This seed has its own auger and spearhead! I have no idea what it is from but it […]
Smoked Mackerel Sky
Smoke from bushfires has often given us some interesting sunsets, but this time, the smoke added a salmon […]
Sort of Sunrise
The sun is coming up just after 5am as we head towards the longest day. I mostly […]
Cool Change
The Department of Parks and Wildlife are taking advantage of the cool change after the heatwave to carry […]
Stunning Sunset
This amazing sunset signalled the impending arrival of a cool change and the end of the heatwave. Today […]
WA Christmas Tree
The West Australian Christmas Tree (Nuytsia floribunda) is the largest mistletoe in the world. It is an obligate root […]
Pretty Honey Myrtle
I spotted this little pink shrub on the road reserve outside the property, it is the Pretty Honey Myrtle […]
Magpies V Raptor
Earlier I saw this Square-Tailed Kite being chased off by a magpie. It obviously didn’t take the threat […]
Square-Tailed Kite
This beauty looked like she was posing for me, circling high over the house. It was good […]
Mating Season
It is not only the grasshoppers that are mating, damsel flies and dragon flies are pursuing each other […]
Colony
If it’s not grasshoppers eating the last bits of greenery, it is something else, in this case snails. […]
Fire Break Day 2
Yesterday I graded the west and north firebreaks on the boundary, this morning I did the east and […]
Smoky Dawn
I smelt smoke when I woke in the night, but didn’t see any red glow anywhere, so was […]
Fire Break Day 1
I dragged the landscape rake round half the boundary this morning. The fire breaks have to be in […]
Ginger has gone Broody
For the first time in the 2 years she has been with us, Ginger has gone Broody. Unfortunately […]
8.3 degrees
Our minimum temperature swung from 4 degrees above average to 4 below in 2 days. It doesn’t stay […]
Weighing the Kids #2
Three months to the day, we dragged the kids off their favourite spot on the top of mini […]
Wingless Grasshopper
The Wingless Grasshopper is our main pest insect and the reason for our Guinea Fowl. They are now entering […]
Standing up against the heat
The Coral vine is hanging on in the heat to ripen it’s seed pods. When the weather is […]
Last flower of Spring
I don’t remember seeing these last year, but we have quite a few around this year in the […]
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