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| Our youngest calves. |
Yep we are still here on the farm and daily life has been
hectic as usual. So what's been happening since we last wrote a piece for the
blog ? Well a fair bit really. It's Winter again and with it comes the rain,
mud and cold. Once again the pigs are sloshing around in the mud as they go in
and out of their sleeping areas. We have a plan to fix that problem. The
Tamworths have had more piglets and they are now weaned. The Saddleback girls
are in pig again, this time Horatio is the Dad and I can't wait to see the
piglets. They are due around early August, so not long to wait. The calves are
weaned and growing quickly they will be ready to sell in the Spring. Genevieve
our Guernsey house cow had a beautiful grey calf in January and I called her
Misty. We will probably keep her as she isn't related to our bull Monty. The
geese number has grown to just over 60 and they are looking beautiful. They
bred very well last season and made their nests in the paddock. We really need
to sell some, the number is getting out of hand.
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| Genevieve and Misty. |
We went through a very dry Summer, in Tasmanian terms it was
a drought. Someone said it was the driest Summer since the 1990's. The river
got very low but we weren't in danger of it drying up thank goodness. We were
getting a bit worried about whether we would have enough feed left in the
paddocks but we came through it ok. There were lots of fires around Tasmania at
this time. We were very lucky here in the valley as we didn't get a single fire
even though the grass was so brown and dry. The green paddocks we have now are
a very welcome sight again.
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| It was such a dry Summer. |
We recently bought a new garden tractor to dig up our large
vegetable patch. It does a fantastic job in no time at all. It digs much better
than you could ever do by hand. This will come in very handy with Spring
approaching. We have our Rayburn woodstove in place in the kitchen and it's
been great to cook on and in. Beautiful pork roasts and other assorted meals
have been coming out of the oven regularly. Why do meals always taste better
when cooked in a woodstove ?
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| Our new garden tractor. |
I've started a new tour business called Uncover Tasmania.
I've been enjoying showing guests around beautiful Tasmania in our 4WD van.
It's something I really love doing. I
think it's the best job ever. Well that's it, a short update as to what's been
happening on Leven River Farm. We always seem to be busy and there's a long
list of jobs to do in the coming months. Can't wait for Summer when we will
have the longer days to do these jobs. Yes we are still here and still loving
our life on the farm.
Michelle
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| Cheeky Tamworth piglets. |
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| We've had some cold frosty mornings. |
