- July 07, 2015
Worm Factory – Regenerating our farm
Our farm has been unloved for many years and the soil is less than ideal. One of the ways that we plan to improve our soils is to use vermicompost and worm juice – at factory scale. To this end, Andy and I have set about establishing two fridge worm factories – with another to be launched shortly. The fridge is...
- May 22, 2015
Four month introspective – What have we learnt
We are four months into our new life – and what have we learnt….. 1. Things take time – get used to it I am one of those people that makes lists and judges my performance on how quickly things get ticked off. However, ticking things off isn’t as easy when you’re doing a whole lot of things for the...
We are here
On 19 February 2015 we finally arrived in Bonnie Doon, just two weeks behind schedule! It was an amazing feeling to finally be here and to be able to focus on setting up our new farm. It was also amazing to leave our personal Block Hell behind. In the last couple of weeks in Wyoming we managed to achieve an...
Funding the farm dream
I have discovered the physical costs associated with funding the farm dream. Starting up a new farm, like any other business, requires capital. Raising capital is never easy and our chosen method has been renovating houses to sell at a profit. I have funded the works, whilst Andy has toiled to resurrect and transform houses just in time for us to...
Goodbye city working
As today is my last day as a city office worker, I wanted to share some thoughts on the daily grind. If you have a long commute, its your choice what to do with the time. Day dream, ruminate and inspire and challenge yourself. At work, as in life, your reputation is everything. Be known as the person that happily...