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24/10/2026

After another 30mm overnight, we are now up over 200mm with possibly another 100mm expected, in what is normally our hottest and driest season. A stark contrast to the 1 minute showers and collecting the cold water before the hot comes through in buckets for toilet flushing of previous springs.

The gardens are soaked, the yards are too sloppy to be safely used for training the calves, think poo soup level stinky 🥴🥴 and as slippery as a kid on a waterslide with a bottle of detergent. Every tyre feeder, bucket, and water trough is overflowing.

We’ve already had several of the calves take nasty falls in the yards and on the concrete in the training shelter.

So everyone has been turned out onto the grass, for their safety and ours.

But lets keep it positive, there will be abundant feed for the forseable future. I see a LOT of mowing, slashing and whipper snipping in our future. Our Misty Valley is feeling very “musty”.

Oh and likely lots of bull calves; want to know why?

Rain, rain go away!

24/10/2026

We’ve now received 150mm of unexpected spring rain. Well unexpected according to the BOM but totally expected based on the long range forecasts.

Everything is lush and green, the amount of new growth not just in the paddocks but all the trees is amazing. This beauty has flowered for the first time.

The Drunken Parrot Tree.

The cup shaped flowers produce so much nectar that it pools, drips and ferments. Looking forward to watching the shenanigans if our resident lorikeets and king parrots find it, or even our blue faced honey eaters.

Mind you with potentially another 100mm of rain this week we may have to hand out fins and snorkels and blow up a rubber ducky to enjoy the spectacle.

23/10/2026

Harvest #2 of the Jaboticaba tree. This lot is about 4kg. Freezing some and making more jam.

Some many on the ground too so we are thinking we’ll grow some seedlings too.

19/10/2026

32mm so far this week with a further 65-150mm forecast for the coming week.

This super El Nino, the hottest and driest on record * sarcasm directed at the BOM, is setting us up for a brilliant spring and summer supply of green pasture.

18/10/2026

Our first Jaboticaba harvest. There are another 95% still on the tree. Tasty little morsels.

15/10/2026

Dehydrator is cranking. Chilli, garlic, tomatoes from the garden. Some for food, some for pest management.

The rest of the chillies will be pickled and bottled tomorrow.

14/10/2026

A happy find in the garden while harvesting the chillies and garlic.

We put two halves of an IBC with water and waterw**d in the garden hoping to grow a supplemental chicken food and compost source. Which is happening; slowly.

Instead we grew these. Happy days as they will return here to breed. No idea whether the tadpoles or eggs were in the water w**d we brought home, or were laid there since, but we’re stoked they’re here.

We do a lot to encourage havens and homes for frogs. So a couple of new frog hides (hotels) will be added to keep these little ones safe. 🐸 🐸 🐸

14/10/2026

We had a visit from my daughter Rebecca today. She met the two youngest calves who have only been weaned less than a week.

Bec is a very experienced horsewoman and dog trainer but Ollie’s reaction to her was something special. No food no lead rope just trust and scritches. And he was literally lapping up the love.

When halter train, our objective is to have them experience as many new people and experiences as possible. But calves are usually wary of new people.

We are pretty good calf whisperers; but this was next level.

Ollie and his brother Oracle are going to live with Tanya and her family soon and will have new names, but are shaping up to be amazing paddock puppies.

05/10/2026

Mumma Poss has presented this years Joey to the farm family. Seeds and veggies for dinner.

28/09/2026

This behaviour is called “tidbitting”. The rooster finds something for his hens to eat, calls them over then stands watch over them while they eat. He always eats last.

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