[Farm-ily]: September 2018

Sunday

September 30, 2018

A trip to the local show is not complete without admiring

the variety of beautiful birds in the poultry pavilion.

Saturday

Friday

Thursday

Wednesday

September 26, 2018

This delightful little bird is a Yellow-rumped Thornbill.

He/she brings my count of bird species to 50 that I have sighted and photographed in the last 5 years on our farm. That makes me very happy! If you are interested to see the full listing click on the category “Farm Bird Guide”.

Tuesday

September 25, 2018

It has been many years since we have had to flood irrigate to get our lucerne established

but dry times call for drastic measures.

We are lucky to have this as an option, albeit a very expensive option this year.

This photo is a good demonstration how our flood irrigation works.

The paddock is divided into bays. Each bay is level across its width but has a slight fall down the length and has check-banks down each side to contain the flow of water within each bay. We water one bay at a time. The water comes in the top of the bay via an outlet on a channel and runs down the length, spreading across the full width. Before the water reaches the bottom of the bay we close the outlet to stop the flow of water. Ideally the water should just reach the end, but any that goes out the bottom flows into our on-farm drainage recycle system where it is then pumped back into the channel for re-use.

Monday

September 24, 2018

Wide load coming through

Sunday

September 23, 2018

By the Murrumbidgee River

Saturday

September 22, 2018

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer. ~ Will Rogers

Friday

September 21, 2018

Across the district drought stressed and frost damaged canola crops that would normally be harvested for oil are being cut for hay or silage.

Thursday

September 20, 2018

Spring vibes

Wednesday

September 19, 2018

It’s "What is it Wednesday"... so what do you think this is?

Tuesday

September 18, 2018

Frost damaged wheat vs healthy wheat

Monday

September 17, 2018

Inspecting wheat for frost damage

Sunday

September 16, 2018

Greasing the grader board

Saturday

September 15, 2018

Blog post #2,000

With a couple of hiccups along the way we have finally reached 2,000 posts… 2,000 days.

And I say we because I couldn’t have made it without your continued interest.

Thank you for being part of the journey. Your encouragement & friendship truly means a lot to me.

I can’t say this photo-a-day commitment has always been easy… this year has been particularly challenging. And I’m not going to make any promises as to where to from here except that I will be back tomorrow… and probably the day after that… and the day after that…