Another year has gone with a new one beginning. For our farming program, being dry land winter cropping farmers, the calendar year also marks our production cycles. We hope to finish harvest before Christmas, take a deep breath over the…
Week 1 August 2014 – more frosts
The last week of July into the first week of August has seen some very cold mornings across the farm. Combined with the sub zero temperatures is the number of consecutive days in which we have seen these temperatures. Unfortunately…
End July 2014
Wow, what a busy time on the Farm. With the crops racing towards their growth spurt during spring, we have been working hard at ensuring that each paddock is free of weeds and has been provided with sufficient nutrients to…
Mid July 2014 – A frosty morning
It had to happen, our first big frost for the year. Ah yes, you get up on Sunday morning, turn on the Radio and hear the local weather “it is currently -2.5 C and feels like -3.5 C”. Its at…
End of June 2014
And so ends the financial year. I hope it was a good one for you. The days are getting colder, wood cutting becomes the most important job to do on the list and the thought of a day spent in…
Week 1 June – Bogged
Hi all, So to start off with, here is another iPhone artistic photo – of a tractor in a paddock (of all things…). But seriously, how good does the country look at the moment? The rain has been such a…
Sowing trivia…
Here are a few useless facts about our sowing program which you can work into any dinner party conversation… 😉 During our sowing period, our main tractor travelled 1751 kms at an average speed of approximately 9kms per hour. We…
End of sowing – May 2014
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…
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…