Settling In
One week after arriving, the goats are settling in and laid down for the first time today. I […]
Hay Feeder
I bought a couple of second-hand metal bed frames from a recent Busselton Lions Club shed sale. The […]
A Welcome Lull
The wind had dropped unexpectedly first thing this morning, and after 2 days of rain and howling wind […]
Mr and Mrs Shelduck
A couple of Australian Shelducks are making themselves at home in the paddock and on the dam, Mrs […]
Billie’s Bodyguard
Yesterday when Brad was on Guinea Feeding duty, he noticed that Billie had found herself a bodyguard. An adult […]
Highest Rainfall in WA!
We got 78.4mm of rain and the highest official reading of 76mm was at Chapman Hill south of Busselton and […]
Ant Super Highway
This is a clear image of the power of persistence and how lots of little actions can make […]
Pecked and Picked on
Billie got attacked by crows again this morning then pecked at by the rest of the flock until […]
Shy Weebills
I could not get a photo of these birds from the front, but was happy to have finally […]
Scuba Diving Duck
This morning I saw some ripples on the pond and thought some fish were rising, but I was […]
Tough Love
Billie the youngest Guinea is attracting a bit of attention from foxes and crows, but the worst part […]
Western Yellow Robin
Adding to my library of yellow birds, I spotted quite a few of these Western Yellow Robins in […]
Golden Whistler
Because I am spending so much time in the paddock with the goats getting them to eat, I […]
A Haughty Strut
The goats have a very deliberate walk, fully locking and extending their front legs making them look very […]
PIC
We are now almost like a real farm as we are registered with Department of Agriculture and have […]
We’ve Got Goats
After over 15 months of planning, and 2 months of preparation, I went to collect our two goats […]
Rain Shadow Results
We squeezed the last few millimetres out of the front at 7.30 this morning and ended up with […]
Teaching Her To Fly
Little Billie didn’t want to go back into the cage on her own this evening and I noticed […]
Rain Shadow
This morning, my neighbour contacted me about the rainfall to see how much we had had, saying it […]
Lone Ranger
Ben got taken by a fox this morning after only 6 days with the flock. As I was […]
Feedback
Every day I spend time photographing, editing, thinking or writing for the blog, and it is great to […]
Rain Radar
My Galaxy smartphone has become an essential tool on the farm. First thing in the morning, before even […]
Thirteen Nannies
The older Guineas are looking after the two Littlies. Last night they took me to where they were […]
Five Below
It was 5.8 degrees this morning, five below the April average. I felt a bit guilty that […]
Grey Fantail
I finally got a picture in focus so I could identify one of the birds that is quite […]
Sun Dial
A beam of sunlight stretched all the way through the forest from the setting sun just after 5.30pm […]
Perfection
Brad grabbed the camera and took this photo of the full moon just before 7am as it was […]
Moon Fall
There is still one day until the full moon, but it still looked beautiful as it slipped in […]
Mum and Dad?
I let Bill and Ben out for the first time as they are just under 10 weeks old […]
ANZAC Day
Lest We Forget. The 25th of April is the day when Australians remember the sacrifice of all those […]
Farm Routine
Writer Jon Katz blogs about his Bedlam Farm and today, he listed his farm chores and commented on how they […]
Confused
The old saying is: red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in’t morning, shepherds take warning. We […]
Zucchini Still Producing
Our Zucchini are still flowering and producing fruit, not as big as they were in summer, but still […]
Submissive Guinea
The Guinea Fowl are loving the seed heads on the couch grass which is growing out of control […]
Drizzling Rain
The forecast had been for 1-5mm of rain, and we ended up with 2.5mm after stop start drizzle […]
Mare’s Tail
Also called Horseweed or Canadian Fleabane, this is a new weed on the property. Throughout summer, I have […]
Russian Roulette
Walking in the forest is a bit of a lottery at the moment, the trees are full of […]
Perching Birds
The Young Guineas Billie and Bennitta have stopped crouching on the ground and are now perching on the […]
Electrical Storm
All show, no action. Some rainfall had been forecast for this evening, but looking at the radar […]
Disappointment
I had a message from Andreas at Koonac today that Midge (Liponeura) had not fallen pregnant to Magic during […]
Like a Library
Nature is like a library, you just pick a story every time you open your eyes or go […]
Amazing Mama
I noticed what I thought was a HUGE spider hiding in the rebate for the shed door, but […]
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