G'day gang,so today(Wed)is another "nothing " day,its been showering all day so far and I did want to move those lambs,but it looks like it could be Friday.
The young lass came out to have a look at what we want funding for under her program,we went for a walk,she took "lots' of photo's and...
G'day all.
Today(Tues)was another day to forget ,we had 1/2 in rain overnight so the sheep are well and truly "wet" and I can forget about them until the weekend....If its dry tomorrow I must move the "sale lambs"to new feed as I want to sell some next Wed.
Q&A:To ~GD,I hope you will fill me...
G'day ,how'ya'goin?..So glad you could stop by again............
Monday:Quote"The best laid plans of mice and men".........We awoke to a "shocker"of a day,the temp struggled up to 9C along with showery rain.Jenny put on a casserole for dinner and started to make Abifea's chutney,"everyone"...
G'day and "thank you" Abifae,Jenny made that Chutney "today".Its a KEEPER......She made double,ran out of apple cider vinegar and used 1 cup of Malt....She also thicken it with 2 DST of plain flour mixed in a little vinegar to a paste and cooked it out in the mix.....She bottled it like any...
G'day gang ,we are glad you could make time to visit us again.
Well today(Sunday) we finished the sand part of the paving job,we now have to wait for it all to compact before we start with the paver's......After lunch took the dogs(Ruby is coming into "season",a curse really,as it will...
:DG'day all,thanks for taking the time to stop by,I'm sure you will enjoy your stay as the last post produced some interesting replies.
We awoke this morning to another huge "frost".I did not even venture out until 10 am.I went and got another load of sand and then picked up the dogs and went...
G'day gang,hope everybody is OK,we saw the wind storms you have been having on the evening news.
So, Thursday was spent at our local farm supply stores "trade day"its a once a year day when many of the store suppliers come to town and offer "good deals" on their goods.Armed with my list we went...
OH DL,I'm sorry I may have confused you..............
So we are on SS click index,on frugal living, click on fin man and budgeting,click on Green Acres by Tortoise and have a look at the advice offered.............................
So to the journal,g'day gang,(what's been happening?)Monday was...
G'day DL,have a look at the forum Fin and Management-Green Acres,by tortise,there is a whole lot of stuff you should have a look at.
journal will resume later.....DL,and I will spend so time thinking about reply............................................regards,T.O.R...............
G'day,I came upon this thread this morning and read a few pages,someone mentioned "sheep shearing"and I thought it would be great to know a little more about it from up there.....I read early that you were shearing Angoras.Did they have there own shed or do you take your gear to them?...What...
G'day Gang, glad you took the time to stop by,its Sun night here and we have had a little shower of rain ,with more to come (we hope)
The paving is going well and all the brickwork is done,next will be a few(quite a few)loads of sand and then the paving will begin.
Q & A:..DLs project.I had...
G'day gang,Today(thur) was "retail therapy"so no farm news.On the question of the rams we normally run 7 rams with the breeders and I selected 10 ram lambs to carry over of which we will keep the best 2/3 as future sires...Its a curse when they die"blood in" as the blood causes the meat to go...
G'day gang ,just a quick note,the paving job is going OK,on the farm ,we lost two old rams the other night ,one was fighting over the girls and suffered a fatal head wound and the other one just died chasing the girls(damm inconsiderate of them to both die in one night)....Now have a large...
G'day ,hope your weekend is going well.
So yesterday(Sun) was another day of spraying,put out about 8gallons of mix,we have a curse of a weed its called Serrated Tussock,It has no value as stock feed and grows so large that it crowds out all other plants,I spray it twice a year to try and keep...
G'day gang,well yesterday (friday) was a nothing day,it was just to cold to be out there...................Today I managed two hours of spraying before the wind made it just to uncomfortable to continue,I took both the dogs in the trailer as I am trying to get them to stay when told,now Ruby...
OH ~GD,I'm so sorry ,I meant the typo's were in MY post and I thought it may have "confused everybody"...I guess there will be times when the different terms used will cause confusion,thats why I made a point of saying a few posts ago,if in doubt,just ASK.................Once again I'm so sorry...
G'day, you already have chickens,turkeys and ducks,so you have got a great source of fert..If you can make yourself a big compost bin(about 3ftX3ft X3ft high)and fill it with anything that will rot (not meat by products)if you can fill it to the top at the start ,put about4ins of sandy soil on...
G'day and THANK YOU to all of you who helped us out .You can be sure that I will call on you all again in the future............Once again many thanks .............................T.O.R.....................