Diego is our first employee from South America and in his case from Chile. Diego has now left Eureka Farm after being here three months. Diego came to us with quite a few practical talents including a love of the … Continue reading →
More about keeping the animals out. This is an obsession of mine now as to how to keep the animals out of our orchards. It is been raining a lot lately and I think this has taken the pressure of … Continue reading →
After a particularly dry spring we are now having a very wet spell with some flooding last week. The wet weather here last week is certainly a mixed blessing. Obviously you do need rainfall especially as the dam empties which … Continue reading →
This summer looks like being a real test for all of us. In the cities or rural areas when surrounded by native trees the danger is very real as we are now witnessing in N.S.W and this is only October. … Continue reading →
this is what the organisation GETup stated: “Stand firm on climate Today, Prime Minister Rudd announced he will be consulting with Cabinet before making any decisions on climate action. GetUp members have a short, yet powerful, window of opportunity to … Continue reading →
The season is over and now time to clean up. We have heaps of apples this year and only geese and chickens to eat the throwaways. Fortunately my wine maker friend Geoff Wells loaned me his press and dicing machine. … Continue reading →
The pen has been rather idle of late and for this IĀ apologiseĀ Sometimes I find it hard to feel strongly about what it is I want to say. At these times I feel it is best to get on with … Continue reading →
Last day of the Australia Day weekend. Monday. There have been a number of functions on the East Coast these past few days. On the SaturdayĀ I took my pickers Kaki, Stella and CedricĀ to Bicheno which is near where … Continue reading →
Just about finished the netting on the blueberries. Ā The birds love blueberries and last year which incidentally was our first cropping year for the older plants we got very few blueberries. It is a long structure but only 2 … Continue reading →
For a long time now I have firmly believed that East Coasters (of Tasmania that is) have relied on the natural beauty of the area to attract tourists to this area. Considering just how beautiful this area is I don’t … Continue reading →