At Its Best
The Property looks at its best at this time of year with the green irrigated summer paddock contrasting […]
Here Comes the Capeweed
After only 8.5mm of rain a week ago, the Capeweed has started sprouting. This is our most […]
Marching Through March
Bipod used to be tripod. He lost one of his legs when we did the controlled burn 2 years […]
First Double Yolker
I found a whopper when I collected the eggs this afternoon. It was 89g compared to the normal […]
Sprinkler on the blink
The sprinkler looked nothing like this when I turned it on this morning, the water was barely trickling […]
Bull Ant Bites
Three days after getting stung, I am still on the anti-histamine/anti-inflammatory combo with the regular application of an […]
Preparing for Winter Pt II
It seems strange to be thinking of winter on a 31 degree day, but a couple of cool […]
Red’s Dead
Red died overnight. We had kept her in the fenced backyard during the day yesterday and got her […]
Baby Birds 4 weeks Old
Bill and Ben (although I am hoping they are both girls) are now 4 weeks old and have […]
Preparing for Winter
We moved the hay from the open bay into the feed shed to protect them from the main […]
Finished Fence
The last jobs on the fence were attaching the mesh to the star pickets, running the top wire […]
New Knot
We watched a video on YouTube to learn the figure of 8 knot so we could attach the […]
Rain Stopped Play
We were rained off the goat fence, so Brad disappeared into the shed to weld some plough discs […]
Fencing
We rolled out the 8/90/30 mesh and it is 5m short! or more realistically, the boundary is 5m […]
Survival
The young guineas survived their first night in the wild. I was very relieved to count all 14 […]
They Flew the Coop
I thought this image was a good illustration for today as the young guineas decided that they didn’t […]
City 20 – Country 1
We are still waiting for our first real downpour of autumn, the forecasts keep changing and the rain […]
Dragonfly Day
The promised showers didn’t eventuate today with 0.4mm recorded in Busselton. Just after 3pm I went to check […]
Egg Skelter
Red has stopped laying, so we are only getting 3 eggs a day now. Her last couple of […]
Ready for the Rain
They are forecasting 10-20mm of rain for Sunday, but the latest chart from the Bureau of Meteorology shows […]
Snake Skin
The snake has either grown almost half a metre or we have two. I found the snake skin […]
One of Those Days
The power went out when the I was in the middle of baking bread, running the dishwasher and washing […]
Flash Fit for work
Three months after injuring his stifle, Flash has been given the OK to get back into light work […]
and we have Lift Off
The young guineas are now fast, strong and proficient flyers. When I let them out in the morning, […]
Autumn Dew and Cockatoos
There is a real change in the air as we move into March, the mornings are cooler and […]
Another Millimetre!
I was excited to get another millimetre of rain this morning and happy that I had mowed the […]
Long Lizard on a Log
I had seen some red tailed cockatoos for the first time this year, so I took my camera […]
Relief
After a week of 30+ days (not much fun for Brad digging post holes with a shovel) we […]
The Reason
This is the reason we are living in this beautiful place. Brad got back into surfing about 8 […]
Perfection
I was tying a string line to the star picket so we could line up the corner assembly […]
Mondrian-esque
We had rolled out the green extension lead and the blue hose to fire up the concrete mixer […]
First Box Strainer
We are putting up a good strong fence round the goat paddock. When we did the horse paddock […]
The Baby Daddy
Andreas from Koonac Goats told me that G026 – Liponeura had been put in with young Magic for Breeding. […]
Entente Cordiale
entente cordiale (French) – a friendly understanding between powers: less formal than an alliance. The 2 tribes of guinea fowl […]
Is it Safe?
I don’t have to chase the birds out of their cage in the morning anymore, but they are […]
Not so “Little Eagle”
This Little Eagle was soaring over the property for a couple of hours this morning. While I was […]
Red Onions
It was very satisfying pulling up the first lot of red onions. They show just how easy it […]
Free Food
In preparation for planting the broccoli and caulifower, I weeded the vege bed where the rocket had gone […]
Shade Trees
At 4-5m high, the trees are now tall enough to cast some shade for most of the day […]
Waste Product
This Jersey steer had no value as a male dairy breed and would have gone to slaughter at […]
Two Birds in The Hand is Worth…
At four days old the birds are steady on their big orange feet and eating all day. […]
Dairy Goats!
I had arranged to see some of the goats Koonac had available so we could choose our dairy goats. […]
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