Out with the old, in with the new
I may have mentioned once or twice that Autumn is my favourite season. I love the cooler days and respite from the heat of our Australian summer, the crisp clear…
Working with the Seasons
The changing of the seasons is always a busy time on the farm. No matter which change it is. The secret to not becoming overwhelmed by it all is to…
10 Tips for Sustainable Living
When I first started down the path towards living a sustainable life – a path that I am still following but am nowhere near finished (and a path that I…
A visit to an organic orchard
A couple of weeks ago we visited an organic apple orchard. The event was arranged by our local organic, bio-dynamic group, OBDA. It was wonderful to see an orchard of…
A new garden
One of the challenges I have faced since moving to the farm is that I have had to start from scratch with my veggie garden. Instead of benefiting from the…
A caravan life
When we decided that we needed to be on the farm full-time, we did not even have a shed erected on the site. Council approvals and bad weather had delayed…
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…
A New Orchard
Before we bought our property one of the goals we set ourselves was to have an orchard with 100 trees – a nice round number selected for no other reason…
Sustainable work life balance
Sustainable work life balance - it's really the ultimate dream of many of us ... maintaining that balance between things we have to do and things we want to do.…