New (to us) Stuff

On the weekend we went to a large clearing sale on the Liverpool Plains.  You know it is going to be a large event when the clearing sale has photos up on it's own blog of items for sale.  They even had real coffee in the form of a mobile van so I was very happy.  There was about 500 people there which is very big for a clearing sale.

The Mr was happy as he bought a 3pl spray unit with a 700 litre tank, 6 metre boom and a spot spray attachment for his tractor.  This will be great around here to tidy up the weeds that inevitably keep growing.

   

He also came home with a fire trailer set up ready to go.  It has a 1000 litre tank and an old Honda motor. This will be great for those days we are burning anything and also great for watering trees.  We were both happy with with the day, especially myself with the coffee side of things ;)

Next up on my wish list: a little disk plough, a seeder, a generator and a post hole digger please.

Spraying

A week and a half ago the spray contractor arrived after the agronomist and sprayed our paddocks.

before, weeds with native grasses and clover.

We have had plenty of rain heading into Summer and now that the spray is starting to work it's magic things are looking good around here.  Fingers crossed for a good season.

Fire Permit

Yesterday we had a permit to burn some rubbish about the place.  We have had some decent rain over the last week so it seemed like a good time.  We still had the fire trailer ready just in case something went wrong, which it didn't.  There were six fires burning.

The small boy calls these 'spikey things'.  He is often covered in them.  They are Cobbler's Pegs, or farmer's friends or sticky beaks depending on what you call them. They are a menace at this stage but we are slowly winning the war against weeds about the place.

Thistles and Stuff

It felt like we had 30 acres of dense saffron thistles but The Mr put the slasher to good use a couple of weeks ago and cleaned things up.  Despite being well into Summer, it feels like Spring so I hope the grass grows now that there is less competition for it.

It is a beautiful end to the day when you can look at this sunset from your dining room window. I know I have shown this photo off already, but I love it. 

And lastly, this is Nellie.  The vendor left her here for us and she is a bit of a pet.  She is also good company for Terry the poddy calf we have.

We have been here nearly 6 months!

Triffids

Ok, they are not really man eating Triffids, but they are plentiful, and they do attack.

There are a lot more than I would like, the good season with plenty of rain has given the weeds a good start as well as the grass.  Our creek is flooded again too.