Pete bug hunting in canola.We also went for a drive to check out our wetlands - aka paddocks!! We have had heaps of rain this season and our crops are under water in patches, especially up at our top blocks, Helmuts and Newmans. One paddock has about 60% water damage in it.
Water damage at Helmuts...
and at SKIN too.We saw a bit of birdlife including a huge crane that was hanging out in one of the puddles. It flew off when we drove past..
Crane flying off a puddle in wheat.On the way home, we detoured over to SKIN to check out some of the local wildflowers that abound at this time of year and are out in full force at the moment because of all the rain we've had.
Red Leschunultia
Scarlet Kangaroo Paws
Not sure this ones name butI loved that it looked like little purple pom poms.I am waiting for a wind free day - we have had some shockers lately!! - so I can go out with my camera and take some better shots, that I want to enlarge and turn into wall art for our passageway to brighten it up a bit.
Also, we have been very happy with Tyler's attitude changes this week. He is normally a grumpy bum, but we told him on Monday that he would be one of only 2 year 7's at school next year, thinking he would be super cranky about it, but he's loving the fact that he'll be 1 of 2 and his whole attitude has changed for the better, and not only at home but at school too. Tyler has struggled his way through school forever and has never liked it, but this week has seen a completely different kid emerge and its awesome! We're so proud of our biggest kid..x
Tyler and I on the day he planted his year 7 tree at school, back when we were thinking of pulling the kids out of Cascade PS and sending them to Esperance PS.
Tyler after winning the Gibson Tigers Towel, an award given to each of the junior grades of the Gibson Football Club, for the best player of the round. Well done T Man!! xxx
This weekend, the weather is supposed to be horrible, so we are going to do some tidying up around our yard. I have a cheeky tiger snake in my chookpen that keeps beating me to collect the eggs each morning, so we want to snake proof the chookpen and take some of his hidey spots out of the equation so he buggers off. We are also going to do some weeding and spraying around the house too, to get rid of weeds that have taken over with the excess moisture in the soil.
Before we moved to this farmhouse, Pete's mum, Jude, lived here and when her husband, Barrie, was alive, he bred Australian parrots and had a huge aviary complex built along the front of the lawn. Jude sold the birds when Barrie died, and then sold the aviary to another local farmer, so we had this huge cement walled monstrosity left behind, which we were going to turn into an orchard, then a chookpen and now we have decided to turn it into a garden bed, with some small trees/large shrubs along the back, a firepit and log seating in the centre and some smaller shrubs and groundcovers along the front. Hopefully the groundcovers will grow enough to drape down along the front of the cement wall - which is about 30cms high - and cover its ugliness up with a bit of colour. This 30m wide garden bed, is one of the areas we'll be focusing on and weeding out in preparation for planting soon hopefully. Its going to be all hands on deck cause its a big area & theres lots of weeds in it. Wish us luck!!!
Hope you enjoy your weekend and I'll back with a bit more of a snippet of life on the farm either over the weekend or on Monday.
Tash x
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