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 […]
Wiltipolls
Wiltipoll sheep have been developed in Australia over the last 20 years to create a polled variety of the self-shedding […]
Wiltshire Horn
Two of our ewes are Wiltshire Horn, I chose them as they looked healthy and strong. The breeder […]
I can see sheep
Although we can’t see the whole paddock from the house, we can catch glimpses of the sheep. I […]
We’ve got Sheep!
A local breeder delivered our 12 ewes and a ram at lunchtime today. Fourteen months after seeing […]
Sheep Fence Finished
Only six days after the star pickets were rammed in, we finished the shelter and the fence. Brad […]
Sheep Shelter
There are no trees in the paddock and the shade from the verge trees will not reach the […]
The Sheep Paddock
Just over a year since we started planning for sheep in the bottom paddock, we have put in […]
New Oat Paddock Prepped
We borrowed a 4m length of railway track from our neighbour to flatten the new oat paddock before […]
Season Break
There was some misty rain over the creek line this morning, but no moisture hit the ground here […]
So Satisfying
The horses love the hay we grew! After all the months of waiting and hours of work, it […]
Grasshopper
This grasshopper is avoiding the guinea fowl by climbing up our front door. Actually, I can admire the […]
Rat Trap
This is the third rat I have caught this week and it is a whopper, the block he […]
Yin Yang Chaff Cutter
This set of beautiful curved blades are on the fly wheel of a 1900’s Bentall and Co Chaff […]
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 […]
Rescued
There was a heavy dew overnight and I could see the goodness leaching from the hay. I left […]
Baling – Failed
We picked up the baler from our wonderful neighbour first thing in the morning. It is a 40 […]
Eagle Eye View
This big bird kept its eye on me as I turned over the hay for a second time […]
Raking
I went round the paddock in the opposite direction to the mowing and turned one pile on top […]
On the Ground
At the end of the day I was very happy to have the oats on the ground, a […]
Parallel Lines
The mowing took just over 2 hours. It took a bit of time to get the position of […]
Went to Mow a Meadow
One girl and her dog went to mow a meadow and was doing really well until one of […]
Planning the Harvest
The oats are looking ready for cutting for hay. Some of the paddock looks like it is browning […]
Slashing the Plantation
Slashing helps keep the weeds down, reduces the fuel load – and fire risk – and makes the […]
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 […]
There are no rocks!
Well relatively speaking. After picking up literally tons of rocks by hand over the last 4 years, I […]
Different soil types
This is a great image showing the range of soils we have across the property – gutless grey […]
Neighbour
I spotted movement in the bottom paddock and realised my neighbour had arrived and had already started turning […]
Rock Fishing
I finished slashing the weeds in the new oat paddock today and did a final check for any big […]
Thinking Ahead
Next year we are moving the oats down to the fertile valley floor on the northeast of the […]
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 […]
First Frost in Four Years
This morning we had our first frost in the four years we have been here. I thought that […]
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 […]
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