Life and Wildlife on the Banks of the Murrumbidgee
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 →
This spring growing season has been a big one. Extra troops in the form of certified Angus cattle had to be brought in to eat down some of the extra grass. Now the pastures have all dried off in the hot winds, in time for bushfire season. Ready to burn. Hay and silage are ways of... Continue Reading →
According to Michael Pollan in The Botany of Desire there are plants that, just by chance, have turned out to be something we really want. Potatoes as food, apples for fruit and alcohol, marijuana for druggy highs. Those plants that we like, we promote and encourage no matter how needy and pathetic they are. We choose them... Continue Reading →
One Bend In The River 