Happy times

                                                            Winter knitting is in full swing.

                                                            Our natures' Stewards group.
 25.6.2022

 

This week it has been warmer but still very wet. We have now past the solstice so the days will gradually get longer. I do not think it will be possible to have a mid-winter feast this year because Al and family are over-seas and there is still lots of covid and flu around.  The hospitals are working in crisis mode and most business have staff away with sickness every week.  It is very hard to get a routine going.

 

This week Stevo brought a work experience student over and they helped Edd move the timber and the big shelves in the shed. Edd is now ordering beams for the upper story floor. We took the old cardboard and burnable rubbish down the paddock to join the burning pile and set it alight. Despite the rain it is still smouldering several days later.  It is so good to have the big shed cleaned out and all the stuff sorted and stacked on shelves in the storage shed. I hated the mess that was there and it was hard to find anything.

 

Stevo has now taken the rest of the scaffolding to his place so that he can clad the walls and get some protection from the weather. Josh is helping him through the weekend and next week, weather permitting.  Sev started to take down the old broken fence between the sheep and the hay paddock.  We have so few sheep now that this is a good time to move and replace fences. This one was burnt in the 2009 fires but we have propped it up and sort of managed since then. It has now too many holes to be any use at all. The wombats are horrors They dig under fences in multiple places and destroy lots of our good work.  Without the dog the native animals are getting bolder. We had a big male kangaroo on the roof on Friday!

 

5.7.22

 

At last, we have some warmer sunnier weather. On Saturday the people I met at the Nature’s Steward course came here for a catch up and working B. several car loads arrived quite earlier and had great fun learning how to milk goats. Then we had a tour of the property before morning tea and cakes. Next, we all walked through the bush along the creek bed and cut out black berries whilst Mia helped us identify native plants.

We found several fern types and kangaroo apple plants as well as the trees and mosses. I had made a big pot of soup and everyone brought a dish so we all had a fantastic lunch and sat talking for most of the afternoon. It was a really fun day with lots of laughter.