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Q&A #3 Vegetarians and other garden pests
Q: Why are you not a vegetarian?Warning: If you are an emotional vegetarian type who cannot take criticism now is a good time to skip this post! We are not vegetarian for a very simple reason. Human...
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Time to harvest the honey.
It has been blisteringly hot this week. 37 degrees Celsius yesterday (I think that is something like 98 Fahrenheit). Even though we are in the tropics, we live at altitude and out summers rarely if...
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My new toy, the cheese vat
The most critical part of cheese making after hygiene is temperature. For a long time now I have been messing about with pots on the stove and thermometers, all the time dreaming of having my own...
View ArticleRhubarb rhubarb rhubarb
I got to play that old joke recently!I asked a lady who grew very good rhubarb what she preferred to put on them. She told me they were always best with aged cow manure and a little chook poo.A few...
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Q&A #4 Buying the farm
Q: Ulf, I want to buy my own farm and live a green lifestyle, can you give me some advice?"This subject could and should fill a book on its own. In fact I have several books on exactly this. So my...
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Today on the Cloud Farm soap opera.
Whenever possible we like to do the morning chores together. It not only makes it easier to get things done quickly but it is also a nice time to observe everything around us. We keep tabs on the...
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The parable of the wild pigs.
The following parable has been shared many times by email and on sites on the Internet, and for good reason. It tells of the relation between freedom and independence. The details of its origin are...
View ArticleI am a wealthy Man
An interesting conversation the other day. I was talking with an acquaintance from Africa*. He is a tall strong man with a mouth full of good teeth and a wide smile. He laughs readily and fills the...
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April rains
The wet season has come late this year, again. Nevertheless we are continuing work about the place as we can.The meat pigeons, which had been doing so well suffered a serious setback when a local...
View ArticleQ&A #5 Please explain the "nutrient cycle" you mentioned?
The Nutrient cycle is really the core of our whole existence on this planet- and where humanity for the most part has come unstuck.In essence it means that all nutrient (energy) remains in constant...
View ArticleQ&A #6 Why dont you keep goats?
I am often asked this question.There is a popular misconception among the green fraternity that the Goat is the perfect animal for any smallholding. Well, they aren't.Now before a million goat lovers...
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May update
It has been a busy month, thus my tardiness in posting here. Sorry about that.We aged the steer killed late last month for two and a half weeks in the coldroom before doing the cut up. The meat aged...
View ArticleQ&A #7 Don't you find using a gun contrary to your lifestyle?
OK, this is one of those questions that doesn't go away. I am frequently taken to task by the anti-gun brigade because I use a rifle on the farm. I am told guns are only for killing, guns make...
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June update
It has been a very odd beginning to the winter this year. A month of mucky weather before finally turning on a week of beautiful skies and cold nights. Finally it is cold enough to have a fire at night...
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Spare milk
There is never really any such thing as spare milk. What we don't drink we make into cheese. Failing that it will go to fatten pigs or meat chickens. However, on days we do not save the milk for...
View ArticleThe month of blood!
Sounds like a horror movie doesn't it? This month we have been besieged by predators all around. I don't know why, food must be hard to come by at the moment.The pigeons have been constantly stalked by...
View ArticleThe month continues
This has not been a good month.The Quoll attacks have continued. I was late shutting the chooks door one night and the Quoll managed to get in and slaughter almost every chook remaining. I was appalled...
View ArticleQ&A #8 "I could never live where you do- it sounds too dangerous"
OK, I know that is a statement, not a question, but I wanted to post a reply.I could firstly say that as Australia is my home and I have never known anywhere else it seems perfectly safe to me. Having...
View ArticleSpring Update 2016
This year it actually feels like spring. This is not the usual in northern Australia as we usually get a more simple variation of only two seasons. Hot and dry or hot and wet, also known as winter and...
View ArticleTimes are a changing
I feel it is time for a change!For those who do not know I have worked as a prison officer for nearly a decade now and it has taken its toll. PTSD and depression and so forth. I think I have finally...
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