Purslane Wonder Weed
I had noticed this plant growing near the olive trees. It didn’t look like a noxious weed, so […]
Brad Weeding
While I am in the UK for 10 days, Brad is on farm and guest post duty to […]
Here Comes the Capeweed
After only 8.5mm of rain a week ago, the Capeweed has started sprouting. This is our most […]
Whispering Sheoak
Wind moving through the Sheoak (Allocasuarina) makes a wonderful, whooshing, whispering sound. There have been quite strong southerly […]
First Rain of 2014
It started to rain just after 1pm and we ended up with 8.2mm when it stopped in the […]
Season Break
There was some misty rain over the creek line this morning, but no moisture hit the ground here […]
Afghan Melons
I spent a couple of days picking the afghan melons from the new oat paddock. They are actually […]
Year End 2013
I took a bit of a walk round the property to check on our progress over the last […]
Fire Break Day 2
Yesterday I graded the west and north firebreaks on the boundary, this morning I did the east and […]
Fire Break Day 1
I dragged the landscape rake round half the boundary this morning. The fire breaks have to be in […]
Drying Off
The past week of record temperatures has dried off most of the property except for two patches of […]
Slashing the Plantation
Slashing helps keep the weeds down, reduces the fuel load – and fire risk – and makes the […]
Widening the Fire Breaks
Brad ran round the boundary with the slasher to widen the fire breaks. They will need to be […]
Fake Freesias
We have quite a large patch of what I thought were freesias near the gate on the west […]
Reprieve
There was a lull in the storm and I made the most of the sunshine and weeded another […]
Springing Back to Life
I had no idea how flat I had become after a long cold and wet winter. We have […]
A Guilty Pleasure
These bright “mini sunflowers” are the prolific capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), so I did feel guilty admiring them. Like the […]
Turning over the Compost
Brad turned over the compost bins with the bucket on the tractor so we have a whole pile of […]
Lovely Lupins
The hairs on the lupin leaves hold rain drops really well and they often roll into the centre to […]
Bad Pink Flowers
I feel guilty admiring the beauty in these pink flowers as they are the flower of one of […]
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 […]
Writing and Photography
I don’t want to be a writer, but I do want to tell the story of this beautiful […]
Winter Solstice
Our Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year started with a beautiful dawn which was followed by […]
Haleotydeus Destructor
The name says it all, and we are infested with them. I first spotted them a month ago […]
Tickling the Paddock
To prepare the paddock for sowing, I used the landscape rake to de-thatch the dead weeds, scarify the […]
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 […]
Farm Routine
Writer Jon Katz blogs about his Bedlam Farm and today, he listed his farm chores and commented on how they […]
Mare’s Tail
Also called Horseweed or Canadian Fleabane, this is a new weed on the property. Throughout summer, I have […]
Like a Library
Nature is like a library, you just pick a story every time you open your eyes or go […]
Starfish
This massive melon escaped the first weeding mission 2 weeks ago and had developed 3 large melons on […]
Dam pump not working
Again…. I went to water the vege beds and there was no water in the pipes. Freakily it […]
Seedy Sorrel
I spent some time this morning handpicking sorrel out of the irrigated summer paddock. I think it is […]
Arch Nemesis – Dock
Weeds are always an issue for landholders. In the three years we have been here, we have been […]
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