Number 361
I begin the day trying to write but then I am called to lend a hand. Dave 2 is doing a check of all the paddocks. Dave 1 and I rattle along the road and up the hill towing a trailer of green feed ...
The dry cycle
The pattern keeps repeating. This is the third October we have had to feed our cattle. This October we should have had 60 mls of rain. Instead we have had 17mls. Yesterday the strong winds ...
Weaning time
The two Daves have mustered the cows and drafted off the calves before I get there. It is hot and dusty. The cows are resting in the shade of an old Apple Box tree. We have to tag all the young ...
So You Want to be a Writer?
This could be subtitled ‘So You Want to be a Farmer?‘ Following are a few home truths in case farming life combined with a writing life, seems like a wonderful lifestyle. Yesterday ...
I’ve been everywhere man!
Because of the prolonged drought at Webimble, we have been forced to send large numbers of our cattle north for agistment. This is the first time we have had to do this in 25 years. Last Sunday ...
A Day in the Life of….
Another day of life on the farm in a drought. up at 6am. Load two utes with large bales of hay. Bounce across stony paddocks, cut the twine and rip off sections to leave piles like ...
Surviving the Dry
It has been a hard season; we have had no decent rain since March and we watch as the storm clouds gather, hover then divide and head away from us. We have seen it before and years ago we ...
A Day in the life of a Grazier
We have been farmers for about 20 years; before that we both worked and lived in the city so it has been a steep and long learning curve. Our property is in Horse Country 45kms from Scone in the ...