If you are a farmer and have livestock of any kind, not just sheep, chances are that at some stage you will need to care for orphans or rejects. Whether they live or die, thrive or barely survive may come …

If you are a farmer and have livestock of any kind, not just sheep, chances are that at some stage you will need to care for orphans or rejects. Whether they live or die, thrive or barely survive may come …
If like me you have kids, it can be important to get them actively and positively involved in your farm. Depending on the age of the child in question, there are different things you can do that will not only …
Broken fence posts are unfortunately something that do happen on farms. Whether it be due to trees or branches falling on them, animals running into and head butting them, or simply age and rot, you will eventually need to remove …
The Autumn Break is an annual event that usually occurs sometime between late March and early May, here on the Mornington Peninsula. It is defined as being either 25mm of rain in one day, or 30mm of rain over one …
What are dock weeds? Why you need to actively manage them in your pastures.
There have been so many times I have been told someone has bought goats to be a ‘lawnmower’ on their vacant land or paddocks, only for them to be disappointed down the track when the grass remains long and uneaten. …
So today I would like to share with you how I have planted some Silver Sheen Pittosporum on my 2 acre block, but done it in such a way that the cattle will not be able to eat them. As …
How to renovate a corrugated iron shed…
The process of renovating our old goat shed which was literally rotting out at the base.
Fencing – lamb-proofing our lambing paddock fence so that lambs cannot fall onto electric wires, and foxes cannot come through the non-electrified wires to hurt our babies whilst they are still new and weak.