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G'day Gang,as i had a little time on my hands this afternoon I thought I would open the topic of that book I have been reading. To introduce the subject Systems Thinking for livestock Production I think it would be of value to examine some basics. The Farm in a natural state is a closed system...

G'dag gang ,glad you could stop by to visit once again, Monday:So first thing this morning ,get the rest of the "Mad 100"up and pick up Ruby and Jack(my dogs for the benifiet of any new readers) to get them into the yards to be drafted.I split all of the ewe's off and "drenched "them with a...

G'day gang,welcome back and we hope you enjoy your visit..............This morning(Sunday)it was "still" raining and cold and not to "flash".We had 13.5mm overnight and when the sun comes out all of those paddocks resting will be away.Some of you will recall the "compost trial",well you will get...

G'day Gang and thanks for taking the time for another visit with us.Well they say around here that Spring is unpredictable and it has proved to be again in the last day or so.Market day(Thursday) was pleasant enough after a real good "frost" to start the day...

G'day Gang and welcome back.Today has been a "special" day for The Old Ram,as today I joined the 69 er's(hang on you lot ,I mean the "age group" not THE CLUB.(but come to think about it)Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ,better not go there .(LOL) What a time I have had tonight getting on,Google chrome would...

G'day ,thought I would submit this one for you to consider. Summer sunset,from the front porch.

G'day Gang,firstly,its such a "thrill" to be a POW,I mentioned recently that someone had asked if it was OK,but I did not think it would "really" happen. Today was such a "funny" day,got a nearly start to do some more spraying,but by the time I got to the site the wind had got up somewhat.After...

G'day Gang,I gave myself an "early mark" today,Jenny was doing some work in her up-graded vege garden, so I thought it was a good "chance" to do the journal for today. Monday: So I got the two groups of ewe's and lambs moved without much trouble,unlike yesterday's efforts.This "arvo" while I...

G'day Gang,(its the "slacker" back again(LOL),for a change we have had "nice "weather for the last 4 days(since my last post). Thursday,market day. Friday: I got an early start on the spraying and managed to finish all the "bad stuff",all I have left now is to go around and "pick-up" the odd...

G,day Gang,well I made it again for tonight.So today was another day I would rather forget,this wind every day has worn out its welcome with me....... Today started above 0C(wow, what a bonus) and it reached about 19C,spent the morning mixing a trailer load of compost for Jenny's newly...

G'dang gang,As I write this post I am consumed by "guilt" due to my absence from the forum,but the last 4 days have been heavy going between the weather and the workload I am just to "exhausted" by days end to set about writing and have been falling asleep in my chair soon after dinner. Friday...

Jamie,Jamie,how many lbs in bushel?..Also Jenny uses regular pasta sauce bottles(you know with the lids that pop down when they cool) 700mls,so how many will she need for that amount?..................thanks for your help...T.O.R.....................PS. maybe Neco can "save" me again.

G,day Gang, welcome back to you all , as we proceed down lifes journey you will get to experience our life on the farm through the journal. We do hope you find the experience interesting,enlighting (as to life on the farm)and at times amusing. We know there are those of you who yearn to make...

Hi ,just a quick one for DL,..............byron.stein@dpi.nsw.gov.aubyron.stein@dpi.nsw.gov.au Is the contact.This is the course,if your guys wanted more info..http://www.hn.cma.nsw.gov.au/multiversions/3892/FileName/goulburn%20pp%20brochure.pdf. Yes,these snakes rank pretty high in the...

G;day gang, well the predicted rain has not arrived yet(Tuesday afternoon),but the wind is up and making being outside vey uncomfortable. The last 2 days have seen some more lambs born and seem to be lively enough, although a little on the small side, but having said that the early lambs are...

G'day, just a couple of thoughts on the subject,to check the heat a little ,how about a "ceramic floor tile "between the stove top and the cooking pot?..Or if you have one (cant think what you call them)its "cast Iron" and is about an 1in off the stove top on 3/4 legs,so the direct heat is not...

G'day to you all (friends and ghosts alike),Today we awoke to find it was a little "foggy",but it soon cleared to a funny sort of a day ,a cool wind ,cloudy but after lunch it got quite warm (a sign of rain ,I think).so first thing was to take the photo's for the grazing records,and while I was...

G'day someone made mention of Jack Russell's,if you go to the Old Rams journal you will see some photo's and a story about Jenny's JR "Tom the rabbit hunter".....My God ,you people are "armed" to the teeth.........................T.O.R.............................................

G'day,down here we have "serious " snakes,all of the snakes here rank in the top20 in the world...My choice of weapon is a "steel headed rake",why? you have got 4 ft of handle and its about 1ft wide and you usually break its back with a good hit ,the main thing is that it is moving"away from...

G'day gang,There's nothing much on TV tonight so I thought I could update the rest of today and then I can watch a movie I've got recorded. So I got myself down to the paddock to continue the spraying(It took every once of motivation to get me started today),so now I only have a small strip to...