We are well underway with planting our vegetables for the spring season. Look closely and you will see one of the asparagus spears that don’t often make it past the exit gate from the garden as they are eaten on the spot. Our green house is full of certified organic veggie seedlings, plant cuttings, and
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Partnerships with other organisations in our community are the way forward for us to be able to provide greater resources and opportunities for our young people. Here is an example of where two great businesses or organisations have got together to provide us with a fantastic vegetable garden complex. The Shoalhaven Poultry Group runs poultry
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After a long twelve months we have finally paid off our next tractor. Thank you to Greg at Greg Lynch Mobile Farm Service for assistance with refurbishment, and Gary and Robyn Nelson from Nelson Livestock Transport for their generosity. Running a charity alongside the farming operation is a tricky balancing act as we need to
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A huge thank you to Pam at Australian Education and Recreation Tours for the donation of our two twenty five seat trailers. Here is one behind the tractor. We use them every week for transporting young people and visitors around the farm. For many young people the bumpier and noisier the better!
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Two more bee swarms have appeared on the farm this week as the hives become too small for their growing families. We have collected, and provided both of them with new homes, to increase our honey production. This one is in a native plum pine tree.
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We see lots happening around the farm when Spring has sprung. This Butcher bird mum has chosen one of our Macadamia Nut trees to nest in. Hope you can see it amongst the foliage?
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Well I have seen a D9 bullfdozer before as it ripped the ground in preparation for some of our conservation and timber tree plantings but NOT a D11!! This big fella has been working on the highway construction at our farm entrance. The RMS and Fulton Hogan are constructing a new safe farm entrance for
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Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of Susan Nicholas and Peter Gregory, our new bull “Jamais” has arrived for a five year stay. He is a french Saler bull (pronounced Saliar) and brings with him exciting new genetics to build our cattle herd. Jamais is both good looking, and quiet, which makes him a wonderful addition
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