Author: Tessa

  • Blood, Sweat and Tears

    Blood, Sweat and Tears

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    Reflecting on Oli’s on farm accident; farming is a dangerous career choice.

  • Grooming and mating

    Grooming and mating

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    We start the management of the picnic gully block, which unfortunately from a grazing perspective, was way over our heads in gorse, briar rose, wild plums and black berries.

  • Construction takes time

    Construction takes time

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    Now that the milk is flowing, we’ve been busy trying to get the creamery up and running. Then we can get licensed to start selling and sharing this beautiful milk!

  • Finding a rhythm

    Finding a rhythm

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    Well, following the euphoric first few weeks of life post Iggy’s birth; the milks flowing and the calves are playing, the systems you’d assumed would work start showing cracks.

  • And Exhale

    And Exhale

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    It’s been a long journey to get here; milking my first cow with the next generation bounding around, everyone happy and healthy. I certainly would not be here without the support and generosity of people throughout my life. Some fleeting and some lifers. There was no single defining moment which lead me here, but here…