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G'day and welcome,Well it "blew and blew' the other day the temp got up to about 7C,but with a 5C wind chill.Fed the dogs and did some admin..................Today was "retail therapy",we got up in the dark ,it was -4C,wind chill about 2C,the humidity was so low there was hardly any moisture to...

G'day CFG,thanks ,I told her so,the forum knows "ALL".....T.O.R.........

G'day mrscoyote,thats a real"pretty" view,on the "tiller "subject !We have for years just made our vege gardens above the ground,no digging required,but before you start you need a thick layer old paper/cardboard to keep out the local tree roots and grasses.....These gardens "drain" beautifully...

Hi Gang,Can you help? Jenny needs to know what is a "peck"?..........How many "sticks " do you get from a 1/2 a lb of butter? I told her that the "forum" would know the answer,they "KNOW" everything..............................T.O.R...........................

G'day Gang,well its Wed. morning,SO,what happened last night ?Sat down to have a look at the Fed Gov Budget and fell asleep!!........ So its blowing a "bloody gale",Jenny's started a Slow Cooked Beef Casserole for dinner tonight and I thought I had better catch up. Q & A: DL.So if you were a...

G'day and welcome back ,sorry it was a bit longer than I planned.I must say a "special" welcome to ~GD,what an amazing set of questions which I will address in Q & A later in the post............ Now I had to finish yesterday,so,took Jack to "muster "a mob of about 75 head mostly wether lambs...

G'day everybody,glad you took the time to stop by and visit again.We do hope you are all enjoying your visits with us and we will do our best to keep it interesting.............Not much doing on the farm news front,yesterday was spent working on getting rid of some big rocks in the lawns...

G'day,how'ya'goin?Sorry the "sleep" was a little longer than I thought it would be.....So,where were we up to,OH ,I know. Tuesday:Today was"up-date" the paddock photo's,it took me about 1/2 a day to cover all the photo points(one for each paddock and one "ground-cover" shot).We now have 10 mths...

G'day ,firstly welcome Wallybear,and thank you for your interest. The management of sheep is determined by the type and the area you live in,its wether you are working with "Nature" or working against it....Lets say you are in a higher rainfall area near the coast,you are setting yourself up...

G'day,thank you N-C for the link,I hope it was of value to those of you who are "not' sheepie's. There were a few a questions which I will try to answer. Icu4.Hi and thanks for your reply,"normenclature" had me reaching for the dictionary.......PLEASE.if I at any time use words,phases or terms...

G'day, the journal will be in "sleep mode ' for a few days while we are away from the farm.See you all when we get back............T.O.R...........

G'day, if you Google sheep/flystrike,you will find a whole lot of info...............We are going to be away for a couple of days so we can pick the thread up when we get back home.......................regards.T.O.R...............

Hi Kate,I think he was on his way to getting over the whole episode by himself.The small amount of "maggots " he still had on one leg would not have matured because it has got so cold............. I would like to expand this thread a little to include possible control...

G'day How'ya'goin?Well we hope! We are happy to see everyone turn up again. The flystruck ram:I have posted an update on that "thread". Today was an early start,fixed that lamb up and off I went to the truck doctor,it took a couple of hours but with her new fuel pump and her injectors all...

Hi Gang,so here is an update......I stopped at the yards on my way out this morning,by the way I had also given him a drench yesterday a well.He looked fine,opened the gate and out he bolted,down the forcing pen and out the gate as he could see a group of the wethers............Checked again...

G'day,yes in this case the "scouring "was the attractant,but this year in 3 "fly waves" we had over 80 head struck ,but only 2 were breech strike ,all the rest were hip and shoulder ,and this was due entirely to the weather conditions at the time. Hope this helps...

G'day ,thanks for taking the time to stop by and read about us and our adventures. We do hope you have the time to have a look at "flystrike survivor",the photo's "are"a bit confronting,but the message is worth it.(IMO) So, today we put the Big mob into the neighbors Alfalfa,they stayed in for...

G'day ,now I know you all have some!! Jenny would love to get some to add to her collection,easy or hard,does not matter. Hope some of you can share your secrets with us. ................................................T.O.R.......................................

G'day,I thought I would post this topic for the "sheep"people. For those of you who are following the journal will be aware I had to move a "mob" of sheep(about 250 hd)off of a wooded hill yesterday(about50acs),so today I went back with the dogs to check no one had been left behind and after...

G'day gang and welcome back,a special welcome if its your 1st time visit. First a bit of trivia,what did you think of the Wedding? Sorry I did not know it was the wrong sort of question to ask!! So to the farm,we did not go to the cattle sale ,instead we finished up the "big" clean-up. Today...