September 30, 2018

A trip to the local show is not complete without admiring 

the variety of beautiful birds in the poultry pavilion.

September 29, 2018

The eagles soar

September 28, 2018

Rows of little lucerne seedlings

September 27, 2018

Cutting a frosted canola crop

September 26, 2018

This delightful little bird is a Yellow-rumped Thornbill.  

He/she brings my count of bird species to 50 that I have sighted and photographed in the last 5 years on our farm. That makes me very happy! If you are interested to see the full listing click on the category “Farm Bird Guide”.

September 25, 2018

It has been many years since we have had to flood irrigate to get our lucerne established

but dry times call for drastic measures. 

We are lucky to have this as an option, albeit a very expensive option this year. 

This photo is a good demonstration how our flood irrigation works. 

The paddock is divided into bays. Each bay is level across its width but has a slight fall down the length and has check-banks down each side to contain the flow of water within each bay. We water one bay at a time. The water comes in the top of the bay via an outlet on a channel and runs down the length, spreading across the full width. Before the water reaches the bottom of the bay we close the outlet to stop the flow of water. Ideally the water should just reach the end, but any that goes out the bottom flows into our on-farm drainage recycle system where it is then pumped back into the channel for re-use.  

September 24, 2018

Wide load coming through