Category Archives: The Farm

15 March 2018 5:31pm – Trees!

Posted on March 26, 2018 by kim

Woohoo! Another load of fruit trees and natives for up at the farm! :D This time: 3x ‘Packham’s Triumph’ pears 2x ‘White Opal’ peaches 1x ‘Sundowner’ nectarine 3x ‘Berrylicious’ dwarf black mulberries 3x Strawberry/Cherry guavas 1x Feijoa (to go with … Continue reading →

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3 February 2018 1:32pm – Rain!

Posted on March 21, 2018 by kim

It’s a lovely cool, rainy day at the farm today! We sure needed it!

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12 October 2017 7:26pm – National Farmer Day

Posted on March 20, 2018 by kim

So, apparently today is National Farmer Day. And on this day, one year ago, we bought our farm up near Blackbutt. Did we plan that?? :P

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7 October 2017 1:06pm – Grey Day

Posted on March 20, 2018 by kim

Lovely grey day up at the farm today, and everything is looking much greener!

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11 September 2017 5:04pm – Farm update: Avocados, Bushfoods, Infrastructure

Posted on September 16, 2017 by kim

A quick update re the farm: As of Saturday, all the planting for this year is done! Yay! :D Now we go into survival/maintenance mode over our very first summer, which we hope isn’t going to be *too* hot and dry. Fingers … Continue reading →

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11 September 2017 3:42pm – A Productive Day

Posted on September 16, 2017 by kim

Wow! What a productive day! 14 wooden pallets (for new compost bays), a water barrel for the back of the tractor (and associated fittings and pump), 4 planters (ie cut-in-half barrels), and everything we need to finish off our bathroom … Continue reading →

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2 September 2017 7:25am – Riberry Lillipillies and Midjim Berries

Posted on September 16, 2017 by kim

Today’s babies: 12x Riberry (Syzygium leuhmanii) and 12x Midjim Berry (Austromyrtus dulcis) to get our bushfoods sections going, act as privacy screening from the neighbours and provide more habitat for all the gorgeous little insectivorous birds we have here :)

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2 September 2017 7:01am – Boots on!

Posted on September 16, 2017 by kim

Breakfast is done. Boots are on. Ready for another day of planting :)

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7 August 2017 6:54pm – WWOOFer Cabin

Posted on September 16, 2017 by kim

Future WWOOFer cabin for harvest time at the Farm? :)

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5 August 2017 10:39am – Farm updates

Posted on September 16, 2017 by kim

Wow! What a crazy week! Here are some pics from last weekend’s visit to the Farm: we found some rather cute little visitors on our lemonade flowers, one of the lemons is so unphased by the frost we had the … Continue reading →

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