The good news ...
The good news is that we have had some rain and Berwick is "greening up" ... we actually need to mow the grass, and the hazels are now...
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Our second new dam
We have now filled our second new dam at Gisborne. Over the next few months the dam walls will be compacted by both nature and the...
Now we wait ........
We have today (5 May) completed our sowing for Autumn 2019. Across 7 paddocks we have a variety of oats (Victory), oats (Saia) &...
For Sale:
Now that we have farming operations under control again after recovering from my broken leg, we are recommencing our normal sale...
First sings of winter
A welcome cool burst of weather .... just what the hazels need. Here are the Fiddleleaf Farm partners hard at work!
Resurrecting the Hazelnuts
After this terrible and still dry Summer, we have seen some small rainfalls over the last 2 weeks. We continue to irrigate the trees,...
Cattle run
The herd had to go through the yards each time they went for a drink after we put out some lovely fresh oaten hay.
Driest March Quarter EVER!!
The BOM has just announced that the March Quarter has been the driest March Quarter ever since records began, over 100 years ago. It is...
Farm World
Each year we attend both the Farm World and Elmore agricultural field days. Last year I hobbled around Farm World on crutches, so being...
Rain at Berwick
Finally some rain and some grass. Hooray!
Old fashioned paper records
All our registration details are of course on the ALCA web site, but I often find it helpful to jot down herd details with old fashioned...
DNA / coat colour / ALCA registrations
It is always exciting to get the DNA and coat colour results for the new calves. As a result of breaking my leg last year, I had to...
Hottest March on record
The newspapers have reported that this March was the hottest EVER! And I suspect the driest [ https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather...
A new dam (and a refurbished old one)
We have created a new dam at Gisborne .... see picture below. After finishing that dam, our contractor Paul was fixing up the old dam...
Dry dry dry March
For the first time in 12 years, we are feeding our cattle in March. No rain for months. But they had lovely sorghum in January and...
Streamlining the farms
We have decided to focus on horticulture (primarily nuts) at Berwick and cattle at Gisborne with effect from today, 1 March. The...
Hottest Summer ever!
It was announced today that this Summer, which ended yesterday, was the "hottest ever". No wonder the cattle are cooling off in our new...
New all weather access at Berwick
Joe at Muzdeka Constructions P/L has built us a wonderful new all weather access road from the front entrance to the shed at the Berwick...
Sorghum sorghum everywhere!
Having completed new fencing, we let the herd into the first sorghum paddock this week. My favourite moment is Hercules staring...
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