Happy Birthday Farm!
This weekend just gone we celebrated owning our farm for one year. We invited our friends down who had helped us in our first year, to help us celebrate. People…
Downsizing … downshifting … down south
Well we have finally moved onto our farm property. While the shed is still under construction and the house plans are still, literally, on the drawing board, we have moved…
Ewe were!
A few weeks ago I wrote about trying to work out if our sheep were in fact pregnant, or not. My father in law used to be a stud master,…
Are ewe or aren’t ewe?
Some time ago we acquired six beautiful black faced Suffolk ewes with the intention of breeding them for meat - mainly for our own consumption, but perhaps with a little…
Hello Benson!
For some time we have been searching for a suitable bull to breed with our cows and heifers. We are keen to maintain the traditional characteristics of the Dexter breed…
Australia Day Long Weekend
This weekend marked the anniversary of when Captain Cook arrived on our shores. I'm not sure that's an event that necessarily requires celebration when I consider the damage that was…
Jagged Crow Farm
It has finally happened. After three years of searching, looking, walking over blocks, thinking about what's important, setting criteria and reviewing possible purchases against that criteria, we have finally become…
Moving
I haven't blogged for a while - we've been moving house. Our large unsustainable house has been sold and we are now renters again. I haven't rented for over 15…
Winter Surprise
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I travelled to the west coast of South Australia - to the thriving fishing and farming community of Port Lincoln part of…
Four Letter Words
There are two four letter words which have dominated my life in the past week. In the media over the last few years I have noticed a new word emerging…