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I am the lead cow. 31 May 2013 | 12:57 am
Herd dynamics are an interesting thing. You usually have a lead cow, the one that will come up when the dinner call goes out and be first into the feed, pushing all the others out of the way. I've mes...
I should be writing about crowdfunding and fruit orchards but I had this awesome dinner. 28 May 2013 | 11:29 am
I have less than a day of the great crowd funding experiment to go and I should be trying to pimp it out for just one more fruit tree but last night I pulled out the Bang Up Cookbook, turned to the ch...
Crowdfunding update, chook house architects, chopping trees and planning. 21 May 2013 | 03:36 pm
The planning for the orchard has begun well and truly. One of the biggest jobs was clearing the dead and goat damaged trees from the plot. There is something about using a chainsaw that can get even t...
Crowdfunding the orchard - ABC interview 10 May 2013 | 05:42 am
For those of you outside of the Gold Coast or too lazy to get up, here is the radio interview I did with ABC Gold Coast breakfast. Sponsor Here!
Crowd funding the orchard, a new way of planning and more thanks than I can articulate. 2 May 2013 | 02:35 pm
Less than a week ago I got fired up about getting Lantanaland's orchard up and running after seeing a fantastic mature kiwi fruit trellis up the top of Mt Tambourine. I jokingly suggested that I shoul...
Growing up on a farm. With promite sandwiches. 30 Apr 2013 | 03:56 pm
There are definitely positives and negatives for a young boy growing up on a farm. The flip side of all this space to grow into is that there are always jobs to do. The cow hadn't come up for a few da...
Seeing the future in the present. Fruit tree edition. 28 Apr 2013 | 03:27 pm
Sometimes you need to see what something might become to get inspiration to keep going. Fruit trees take time to show the reward and for someone like me, who knows bugger all about gardening, there ar...
Growing what I need 6 Apr 2013 | 04:46 am
After much trial and error and contributions to The Boys swear jar, I finally seem to have the rotating chook pens cow proof. So it's time to make this little patch of Lantanaland productive. One of ...
Serious Cheese 14 Feb 2013 | 03:43 pm
I have been hand milking cows for over three years now. I make a soft creamy feta that is as good as any I can buy. I've made brie that is better than any I have ever bought. I've also thrown away som...
Sleeping grass 3 Feb 2013 | 03:45 pm
Lantanaland has woken up. After months of baking heat that dried off grass that was already too short, last weekend we got rain, in flood proportions. We always get flooded in here, the bridge down th...
