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.
Madly picking Raspberries but weather this year is atrocious. Lots of rain and quite cold. Both difficult conditions for picking. The first makes it impossible to pick as wet raspberries are allmost impossible to handle both for the pickers and … Continue reading →
In 2006 we had major bushfire. 1991,1992 major flooding in the summer. In recent years I would say more of them have been hot and dry but this year looks like another wet summer. Whilst everything looks beautiful it slows … Continue reading →
We now have a new column which will appear under the byline “Fruitloop’s Musings”. I hope you like it. This author has a great sense of humour and will be completely at liberty to put in what he likes. The … Continue reading →
Hi everyone. We have just launched out shopping trolley. It has been a long winded task but just like a boat it now is out there for all of you to look at and it will sink or swim on … Continue reading →
Ingrid and Justin renewed there vows on the 13th November. Ingrid is my niece just in case no one knows who are these characters. They live in Newcastle N.S.W. So all the family and friends had to get to … Continue reading →
first fruits of the season are always strawberries. We have two patches 2,000 in an old area and another 4,000 across the river. We call it a river although most of the time it is dry. This new patch is … Continue reading →
 This is a most amazing place. Generally when my family visit we make a visit to Wineglass Bay. This time we stayed for two nights at the YHA and really had an opportunity to soak up the atmosphere. The … Continue reading →
September is going very quickly. Quite a few warmer days and it won’t be long and we will not need a fire at night. Some of the apricots are showing fruitlets. A good sign that the bees have been busy. However … Continue reading →
[audio:http://localhost/newblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/OobyDooby-short.mp3|titles=OobyDooby short|autostart=no]Spring is in the air. Here at the farm our paddocks are nice and tidy. Early varieties of fruit trees are in blossum – mainly apricots, plums and almonds. Raspberries & blackberries have been trimmed, weeded and mulched. A new … Continue reading →