The posts to this blog have been a bit light on during May. Many apologies, but in my defence – it has been a busy time. We finished sowing on Friday evening, the 30th May 2014, around 8pm. This sowing…
Burning stubble
Well, it had to happen – its just that sort of year. The great rainfall we have had to date has had an adverse effect on our straw or stubble ground cover from last year. Too much rain rots the…
Old tillage gear
I guess that this post is for the enthusiast and I confess to being no great expert. Farm equipment has certainly moved on in the last two generations. While I was waiting to swap tractor driving with Dan during sowing,…
Week 4 April
Sowing in full swing Here on the farm we are busy. The picture above is of the tractor (with lights on) and air seeder on dusk – the quality of the mobile phone isn’t great in twilight, but gives you…
Week 3 April
The third week in April is really the start of our prime sowing window for Canola. We started in the paddock we left last week only to discover that it was too wet. And I mean wet! It was an…
Week 2 April
Another week has gone so quickly as it does this time of year. Dan spent the first part of the week away on his second block release of the Rural Traineeship, which gave me time to finish the fallow spray…
Meet a good old girl
Machinery plays a large role on our farm. Tractors hold a special place in most farmers affections – we tend to remember the good features and forget the ‘less good’ ones. One of the tractors held in high respect is…
April is here
So, its the start of April. April and May are critical months for us on the farm – so lets take stock of where we are. We have had one of the most unusual late summer/early autumn periods in many…
Week 4, March 2014
Things are getting interesting down on the farm… We are really only another week or so from our planned sowing date. Most things are in place. This week (tuesday) we took delivery of the last load of fertiliser which we…
Week 3 – Wrap up
Its been a busy week down here on the farm. Every week now is getting closer to sowing, which is our main focus at this time of the year. Two days were taken out seed grading. You can read about…