Life and Wildlife on the Banks of the Murrumbidgee
My wonderful farm assistant Dmitry Grishin is doing a study on water in the soil at the Australian National University. To do it, he's setting up sampling points all over both of the farms and measuring the penetration of rainfall. Initially we didn't have any rainfall (horrible dry season), but in the last couple of... Continue Reading →
The Easter Bunny this year brought friends and excellent company - and the planting of 182 trees and shrubs . Generally, our method of planting trees and shrubs requires lots of water. We pour on 10 to 20 litres per tree to give them a head start in our dry landscape. We add mulch... Continue Reading →
Things are blowing and banging around here. Trees lean over, the grass on the Adnamira hills ripples in patterns reminding me of a sandy sea bed. The hatch for our new guinea fowl house clatters every time a gust comes through. The irises in the garden flutter, no wonder they call them "flags". ... Continue Reading →
One Bend In The River 