Making a Meadow Garden Part 1: Fun with Rocks

I find the rocks around our hills to be beautiful.  Not so much fun when we run into them in long grass with the truck, but otherwise they add interest to what would otherwise be a smooth and boring landscape.  Our rocks are very, very old.  Formed over four hundred million years ago, just as... Continue Reading →

A RIPPER OF A DAY

Sometimes everything just seems to go right.  This last weekend was one of those. We finally had a planting location where we could use the ripper.  This is my big project for this year - a big windbreak on Adnamira which will connect a gully with the existing ridgetop windbreak. Last year we had a... Continue Reading →

THE EARTH MOVES PART TWO – RAMPING UP

A cattle ramp is the first thing you see when you enter most farms.  They're easy to drive over, when they're not buckled and bent by huge trucks, but they're not always great at keeping sheep and cattle from crossing. The old entry ramp at Esdale was particularly bad.  It was strong.  No truck could... Continue Reading →

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