Thursday, July 9, 2015

Farewell Moora Farm

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S A couple of weeks back we sold Moora Farm. As I said on Facebook at the time: Somewhere in the past I remember reading a phrase expr...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Vale good friend

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A good friend has passed away in London after a brave battle with cancer. Joe and I got to know each other nearly 20 years ago when he s...
Monday, October 6, 2014

A wonderful day!

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Ten years ago next February I splashed out on a big zero turn ride on mower at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo.  It seemed a lot at th...
Friday, October 3, 2014

Carmen Segarra revelations

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I just came across the Carmen Segarra revelations via ProRepublica  and This American Life. Following through on the story I came across...
Monday, September 8, 2014

Sustainable firewood

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An earlier post referred to trying to 'take a yield' from our forestry plantations in the form of firewood. The common practise i...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

A favourite blogger

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My son Neil introduced me to Coach Nick.  He has become one of my favourites.  This morning I saw this post .  There is a lot of wisdom in ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A diversion ...

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Going to do one thing late this afternoon - when suddenly a water trough was spraying water. I'm not that good with pumps and pipes, ...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Permaculture Principle No 3 - Obtain a Yield

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I've just spent a day at our McKerrals Tree Farm trying to work out how to 'take a yield' from something I have to do to mana...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

A wise, wise man

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I've just listened to an edition of Scott Mann's The Permaculture Podcast  where he interviews David Holmgren. It reminds me that...
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Friday, August 30, 2013

I'll be happy when ....

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I'll be happy when the pastures in all my paddocks are performing like Paddock 11.  Here is a photo of (admittedly) the best part of it...

Give up, go home?

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A young woman I know sent me a message on Facebook.   She has emigrated from an Asian country to New Zealand.   After 7 months she is wond...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Chelsea Flower Show and growing some Fodder Beet

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I'm in London at present (for Board meetings) and took the opportunity to attend the final day of the Chelsea Flower Show.  The Concie...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Armstrong and Cycling

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People who know that I was once a cyclist and love watching the Tour de France each July have asked me how I feel about Lance Armstrong.  ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Compost spreading

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After a year of steady accumulation of compostable material, it was recently time to spread the results onto my pastures. I have previ...

Problem Heifers and Hero WWOOFers

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Yesterday I was organising cattle and I came across a cow with a trimmed tail.  It was a reminder of a good story from a couple of months ...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Spectating - 'Hero Ball' vs 'Team Ball'

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S I'm not sure what sporting event I enjoy watching the most.  For much of my life, it might have been the All Blacks.  There have bee...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Memories of an Anzac

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It's now a bit past Anzac Day, but on that day I had reason to remember the Anzac I knew better than any other.  Here he is as a sol...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Chicken update

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S We're back in the egg business. We had given up last year after the foxes got the better of us - more particularly of our chooks.  I...

Mobile phones

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S I am now the owner of 4 SIM cards for my iPhone. I have my Australian SIM.  But I am so peeved with the international roaming arrangemen...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Hail the boyos

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S I just watched the Welsh beat France to win the Grand Slam.  Well done! Wales were cruelly robbed of a place in last year's World Cu...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Do I blog ... or not?

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S It's been so long since I've blogged that I wonder whether I have it in me to continue.  It's not that there are not lots of i...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Creating pastures

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S Ever since I used conventional mechanised means to kick start the transition to  high productivity pastures at Moora, I have wondered whet...

Dung beetle update

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S As I've reported previously, over the last 2 years we've released two species of dung beetles at Moora and one type at our leased ...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

Cell grazing and cattle update

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S I've been very busy.  Too much of it in the City, but that is what pays the bills. There is a website in Australia that is a bit lik...