Life in the Country....... ahhhhh the serenity

Living in the country has certainly changed the structure and routine of my days.

The sun rises at about 5.15am and it is such a beautiful time of day.

This morning I was looking out over the property and saw a hare making its way across the paddock. The hare was as huge, about the size of a dog.

We have quite a large variety of wildlife around the property.

Kookaburras sit in the gum trees at the front of the property constantly laughing and being chased by the other birds.

We have families of butcher birds and magpies as well as galahs, sulphur crested cockatoos, parrots, finches and willie wagtails.

 

We have also recently discovered that we have echidnas that roam through our house yard digging rather large holes.

Unfortunately they only come out under the cover of darkness and waddle across the yard. Which makes them very difficult to photograph.

Our neighbour has cows and until recently, the cows were wandering across the creek crossing into our back paddocks. Boyd called me crazy, but I would talk to the cows.

Seeing all the new recently born babies and their mums chewing their way through the pasture. We became particularly fond of a young bull we called Ferdinand. Ferdinand seems to go where ever he wants to. He is quite happy to push through fences to get to the green grass on the other side.

We are considering getting a couple of cows as pets, not to eat, to keep the grass down over the 16 acres. After some research, it looks like 2 Dexter steers might be the cows to get. They are compact, friendly cows that will be a lovely addition to the farm. They also come in different colours.

 

Boyd has decided that one of the cows has to be called Poin.

Although I seriously doubt that the cows will be that smart......................

 

Today is an overcast and rainy day which is great for our water tanks and the garden. Yesterday I scattered fruit tree feed around the fruit trees.

It has been a wait and see process on what fruit trees we have in the yard.

It looks like we have a lemon tree, peach tree, 2 mulberry trees, apple tree, pear tree and maybe a lime.

There are a couple of others but it is unclear of what it maybe as it has not developed any fruit.

So it will be interesting to see if we get any fruit from them this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next thing is to get the vegetable garden ready for planting.

This weekend we will be cleaning up the property to make sure we are prepared for storm season. There is a it of barbed wire and iron laying around the place. So we have hired a Dingo to pick it all up and dispose of it. We will also be able to fill the second garden bed with soil from the back paddock by using the dingo to scoop and carry.

It will be a big weekend ahead.