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  Soon the leaves of this willow will be gone, May has arrived with the tinges of yellow amongst the beautiful green and new growth as though its outward cycle could go on forever,looking at…

Our first small fire for the season, outdoors of course as there is no lighting of the house fires until at least May.(not yet. I am not ready, just yet…) The best food after a…

    Autumn is for me the most spectacular season of all, enjoy the colours captured from “our place”.               

Jono has for a long time wanted to set up an aquaponics system and now this project has come to fruition the whole family is really excited. There isn’t much that I can add on…

I have been on a bit of a bender sucking the moisture out of as many fruits that I can get my hands on. The apples went quickly with a sprinkling of cinnamon, I was…

Travelling the country roads for work Jono often spots fruit trees on the side of roads and reports back to me where I may be able to pick some fruit, (unfortunately many of the trees…

A friend of mine whose family lives an inspiring life of sustainability was planning on a short holiday and so I was happy to be entrusted to care for the animals whilst they were away.…

It started early in November, (we were told as we were away on holiday). A howling southerly that was here to stay. Here at Northwood we sit between Seymour and Puckapunyal, the name Puckapunyal was…

Our 180 acre farm is almost half river flats with the rest sitting on much higher and exposed ground. We have an interesting means of dividing these two very different landscapes, The Hume Highway. It…