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May 2023
It can’t get any busier than May on a farm. The season is changing and the days vary in temperature from an average max of 20º and minimum average of 2º. There are days that are so glorious you just want to put your back to the sun and soak it up. Other days there…
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Chickens, at last.
For around 10 years Scott had made a pledge to build a chook run. Well, I just could not see that happening. He needed to find the exact right spot with the perfect aspect, the right amount of sun and the right amount of shade. The roosts and the laying boxes needed to be under…
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When the Spring breaks out
Rainfall soaking into higher country, in our case the New England region, slowly sinks underground through cracks in the granite, old fault lines, porous basalt and then moves underground until it emerges as a spring lower in the landscape. A fascinating fact is that that the rain may not have fallen recently or nearby. Springs…
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A wise farmer knows that hay in the shed is as good as money in the bank.
Sometimes on a farm it is amazing how quickly life can get busy. We had wheat and barley in the paddocks to be harvested and beautiful bales of first cut lucern hay baled up in the paddock and ready to be picked up and carted to a shed. We didn’t have quite enough man power…
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Garlic
There is no boubt that one of the easiest things to grow is garlic. They dont mind it a little dry and they grow like a weed, A good guide for planting and harvesting garlic is to plant ANZAC day and harvest on Rememberance day. This year I planted 50 cloves and I have harvested…
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A change of season
It can’t get any busier than May on a farm. The season is changing and the days vary in temperature from an average max of 20º and minimum average of 2º. There are days that are so glorious you just want to put your back to the sun and soak it up. Other days there…
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This is Nordale
Nordale has been in the Cole family since 1921. Originally taken up by Scotts Grandfather, Roy Cole, as a soldier settlement block and passed through to Scotts father Barry and then onto Scott. The original block was enlarged when Scotts Uncle Harold Cole purchased adjoining land after selling his settlement block in Ashford so that…
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A beautiful May day
04/05/2023 Every day on the farm with my family, my dog and my garden is the best day of my life. May is my favourite month of the year. The days are still warm, so time in the garden is very pleasant and with the sun on my back I can enjoy my time picking…
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From this day to the Next
03/05/2023 Every day on the farm with my family, my dog and my garden is the best day of my life. Sometimes the joy comes from a walk down the lane with my little dog spotting birds and new wild flowers ( which are probably noxious weeds). It’s a 5-6 km round trip and it…
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Turnip hits the table outshining it’s flash cousins
Everyone has a recipe for their best Potato Gratin. This however is my recipe for the best Turnip Gratin. Why turnips? The first week in July is shearing season for us and we are so fortunate to have two fantastic shearers, Daniel McIntyre and Byron Campbell. Daniel has mentions in other posts while this post…
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