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“The school of thought which believes that farmers should not have holidays may skip this chapter. To them we tender our apologies, and trust they find excellent value for their money in the rest of this book” So begins Chapter 10 in George Henderson’s excellent summary of his farming practice in “The Farming Ladder”
Dear George then goes on to describe how he worked for 5 years, 80 hours a week with only a stroll down the driveway on Sundays to break it up. He eventually takes 8 days a year when he goes climbing mountains and on other adventures. Our man George was an inspired bloke. His success was built entirely upon his effort. The guy was a legend. Read More
Forever Autumn (but less melancholy and without the synthey flute sound)
I live for Autumn, if it wasn’t for Autumn I’d probably think there must be something better in the afterlife and take up a religion but Autumn is perfect. No need to go to heaven, Autumn is it.
An Autumn sun rise, not a breath of wind. Beautiful.
Farmers Market
On January 1st this year SAGE started a farmers market which was to be held for a trial period to learn some things. The SE Food Plan ( a discussion paper released at the end of 2011 and with which we were involved- here as a pdf ) also recognised the localisation of food production as an important strategy in realising priorities which were identified as
- Producing good quality, good tasting food
- Cause less environmental impact in the production of our food
- be less dependent on oil and energy
- build a stronger local economy from within
- create more self reliant and resilient communities
- make more thoughtful food choices
The Show -or- We are The Champions
Every January our town hosts the local agricultural show. An agricultural show more commonly known as “the show” is where local farmers and growers showcase their produce, equipment and livestock or their sports and recreational pursuits related to an agricultural life. The pinnacle of which is the Royal Easter Show in Sydney. Our show is much much smaller but is important in the cultural life of area and is quite popular and held over 2 days. There are horse events, chainsaw racing, a side show alley, motorbike stunts, poultry and livestock exhibitions and so on. There is also a vegetable competition. Read More