PIG

March 1, 2010

Just a quick post to say, Its Raining Again! And poor Kevin, my pig, is once again washed out. I have him under the house again where he can at least stay dry. Here he is with not much room left to move with the rising water in the creek.

The Birds and the Bees

March 1, 2010
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Remember that talk your parents gave you when you just hit puberty?  No? Me, neither.  It either didn’t happen, or I buried it deep down in my sub-conscious.  So, we’re going to have that talk now.  Except without the birds.  Be warned, his tale does involve swollen body parts, and a sticky ending.  Of course, [...]

Blow Out!

February 8, 2010
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So, how about this rain? According to the local rag we had 400mm dumped on us here in the Gold Coast Hinterland on Saturday night.  This is apparenlty, “the worst dunking in at least 25 years”, to quote the GC Bully. Our property faired quite well considering the deluge.  However, we had one swale ‘blow [...]

More Snakes

February 6, 2010

We have caught 2 more snakes and lost 1 duck and several chickens. We keep catching the snakes and taking them for a long drive, but there are just too many of them. I think next time we wont get chickens in the summer when they are so active. I like them in the roof [...]

Disaster strikes!

December 24, 2009
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So, I’ve had a chat to the excavator operator, had him read through the plan Craig from the Permaculture Institure created for us, and walked him around the whole property explaining what I wanted.  At this stage I have an image in my head as to what it is I want that has come from [...]