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G'day Gang,the "joys" of Spring,Thursday was a super day,even though it was spent shopping,Friday,well that's another story,cloudy, cold and with a mist as fine as fog upon your face.This morning we awoke to a "huge" frost,but its "sunny and clear" now and will be a great day when it "warms...

Hi, If I may ask a question "how common is C A E is US goat herds"?..In the case of C.R.'s goat ,what is the health status of herd she came from?If the herd she came from was showing positive signs ,a blood test for copper could give you a clue,"low copper" can be an indicator. Plants with high...

G'day and" thank you" everybody for your help,the recipe uses it grated raw in slaw.I will seek out a knowledgeable fruitier and ask him re supply.............T.O.R........................

G,day Crimson Rose,she looks to be quite a "nice" type.....Do you want her "just" for a housemilker?....There are one or two other options for the kid/s.You can share the milk with the kid or you can milk the colostrum and feed the kid with a bottle. Decide in advance what you will do if its a...

G.day gang, welcome back both friends and ghosts alike, If you are a livestock person and have soils in the PH range under 6.5 I hope you have a look at the link I gave DL in the last post. Even though it was developed for Aussie much of the stuff is relevant for your soil types. Its about...

Saw this in a recipe ,can you tell us what it might be down-under?......................T.O.R........................

Gday gang, for those of you who are regular followers of this journal, in the last post the curt nature of the entrys may have come as somewhat of a shock. I had started as usual although I was a little tired after a long day. I had been going for about an hour and was almost finished and was...

G,day Gang,welcome back and a special welcome to "tarheel",but I have a question "what made you join the SS forum?Were you previously a "ghost" ,who just came and looked?When time permits ,try to go back and have a look at the older posts...Q & A was set up for people like yourself,you can ask...

Hi gang,glad you could stop by(friends and ghosts alike),some good news on the lambing front and of course there's Q&A as usual. Saturday:although it was a"foggy" start ,it cleared to a "super spring day".First job was to get that heap burnt(un-be-known to me Jenny had decided to burn another...

G'day gang,I must say I am surprising myself to post 2 days in a row(chuckle to myself),we awoke this morning to a "super" start of the day ,"sunny and no wind",first thing was to head off to the PP Board to pick-up the fox baits,checked the mail-box while I was in town as well....On the way...

G'day Gang,hope you are all well,the last few days have been pretty busy down here,but the weather has been so great(Spring has sprung). Tuesday:Well when the fog lifted it was a still, sunny day and it got up to about 18C.Set out to check and replace a few of the baits as a few more had been...

G'day Gang,welcome back(friends and ghosts alike),we are glad you could stop by for a visit.The weather of the last week is still with us (its Tuesday morning as I write this). Sunday:It was another "showery" cold morning ,checked the rain gauge and we have had just over 2 ins now.This rain is...

G'day Gang,welcome back and we hope you find your visit thought provoking and interesting.....................Well so far this morning we have had rain, sun ,cloud and bursts of "stiff breeze",who knows what it will be like in 5 minutes? Q & A:..DL....Thank you for a well thought out reply.Your...

G'day Gang, So here we are again,this morning its raining lightly and cold and horrible(could be a TV day today).Because there is "no" farm news due to "shopping day "yesterday we can get on to Q & A .Mmmmmmmmmm ,congratulations you two,these are really interesting aspects of "sheep farming"...

G'day gang,another post on time ,OMG I'm doing well(pat myself on the back).Shopping got delayed until tomorrow. Thursday:After a "freezing night",it was showery and horrible ,so we decided to stay in "bed".Checked the "radar" and it did not look as though it would get any better,so tomorrow...

Hi Gang,seeing I had an easy day today(because of the rain)and after re-reading my last post I thought I had better qualify one of the statements...IE:".I do wish it was that "easy" with the B/Ht's,if I had my way I would "pack up the whole mob",give them a "bag of lentils each"and ship them to...

G'day Gang,hope you are all fit and well?In the last two days a fair bit has happened,a neighbor told us that he had found a lge "dead" pig over his back fence and the other afternoon there was more shooting from that direction(we hope it was the balance of the "suckers")...... Monday:..We...

G'day Gang,I will apologize in advance for any errors or mistakes ,but I am so " tied "tonight.I am sure that over the next week or so I am going to fail in my "duties" as far as the journal goes.But it will be just because of the" workload". Saturday:This morning I set out (after the fog had...

G'day gang,for the last few years we have brought all of our shoes/boots from the charity shop(farm work boots and all).I once brought a pair of beautiful dress boots from a "yard sale",it turned out they were the sellers fathers and he had died.I call them my "dead mans boots" and every time I...

G'day,Well ~GD you have "paid your rent",that is a TOP idea,Jenny found a few "dead lambs and we will pick them up after lunch and fix a bait inside and leave them near where they were digging last time ,many thanks,...T.O.R.........................................