Once upon a time I was a Chemical Engineer now I am a born again Farmer. The transition was really quite easy with the major change that the life of feasibility studies has ended and any experiment that I wish to undertake is at my peril.
Summer is around the corner now. The rains and colder weather are now being followed by much warmer weather. It is often hard to remember just how quickly everything breaks from dormancy. One minute nothing is growing , the ground … Continue reading →
Fertiliser was spread on all paddocks today.  We have a rotary spreader with an agitator built in . The blend used was that recommended by  Impact based on the  soil sample taken from one of the rows of the Eureka Paddock … Continue reading →
We are getting things ready again. Shop is going in a nice simple manner. Coffee and biscuits. Icecreams and jams and chutneys available again. Quite a few orders coming in for our jams not just through the internet but also … Continue reading →
No fruit yet but strawberries are fruiting and should be ready in a few weeks. Apricots need to be thinned. Most apple and pear trees are in blossom. We are on particular alert for black spot on the pears which … Continue reading →
I now have a new daughter in law – Liz Buchanan formerly Liz Joyce and two more grandchildren Charlotte and Sophie. What a great marriage. We attended the marriage in Phuket, Thailand on the 28th of September. Everything about the … Continue reading →
Whilst I was in India, Scamander experienced some very windy weather. As you know from my other blogs the bushfire of 2006 wrecked havic on the bush. Many trees subsequently died due to the hot conditions they had to go … Continue reading →
We had several more floods mainly after I arrived back from India. Anyhow it didn’t take much to get run-off as the land was saturated. It did however give us an opportunity to see how well the modifications to the … Continue reading →
You might be wondering what has happened to my Farmer’s Blog. Well the answer is simple. From the middle of June to the beginning of August I went trekking in India again. this year I went by myself as Ann … Continue reading →
Day 4- Yordu to Inshan ( map trek colour purple ) The Route of the Great Trek from Kishtwar to Baltal I slept well. It had been a long day yesterday and it was good to stay with a nice … Continue reading →
Day3- Hanzal to Yordu The Route of the Great Trek from Kishtwar to Baltal Today we walked from Hanzal to Yordu. Today is an equally beautiful trek still along the Marau River. We left our new found friends early in … Continue reading →