After the dry summer heat and everything being coated in red dust for so long, it’s really nice to see our paddocks turning green once again. We will still be feeding out hay to the horses and sheep for quite a while, especially as it looks like some of the …
Its been super dry and dusty around here but a little bit of recent rain has started the pasture grasses germinating. Everyone is hanging out for continuing decent rain.
A summer storm rolled in today, with lots of dark threatening clouds, thunder and a brief downpour to settle the dust.
The paddocks are looking very much worse for wear after being overstocked with the visiting sheep when we first moved in, keeping the property understocked is something that we will be very mindful of in the future. This summer is going to be quite expensive as we will have to …
The pond water is starting to get a bit smelly but it certainly doesn’t stop the dogs and pups from thoroughly enjoying swimming in it. The baths when they get back to the house…not so much!
Today we collected our small flock of Dorper sheep including Rastus the ram 🙂 We chose Dorpers as they are self shearing, are excellent mothers, have a very lean meat (essential with G’s health) and require far less physical work compared to wool breeds like merino’s. Plus their little black …
Even though the summer heat is starting to hit, there is still plenty of wildlife around. And of course, the puppies and horses are always up for attention and entertainment 🙂
After an incredibly stressful and challenging year, it has been amazing to finish the year off by having a lifelong dream of living on a farm. I think leaving the city was the best decision we have ever made. Pretty sure the dogs also agree 🙂
We had to go over to Australind on Boxing Day, so decided to make it a nice family outing and take the kids and the dogs to the dog beach at Bunbury. Bolt slept the whole trip, while poor baby Zeke cried most of the way until he chucked up …
Well here it is the day before Christmas Eve, this year has seemed to simultaneously stretch for eternity *and* move at warp speed…some days the contradiction really plays with your mind! I’m not sure if I can even remember what I wanted to write about since my last post… Settlement …