I have moved from the forest to the farm, from trees to open countryside. An earlier posting of pictures was from this farm. An early morning start to work on most days is 06.00,this is to avoid working in the heat. The organic vegetables are the only production done. Little is produced at this time of year, as summer is not yet here (November/December). Most of the work involved mulching, watering and building up the raised beds. Fencing and netting needs to be kept in good repair because the roos and wallabies crash blindly through and then eat everything.
Part of the grain milling area
Among the growing grain fields
Sunset at the farm
Inside Andrew and Jenny's straw bale constructed house,
which is as cool as a cucumber with walls 1.5 feet thick.
A field of emmer grain
A clear view of the granite grain grinder,
which preserves the delicate nutrients and enzymes
However I did visit a neighbour's farm, which is a large commercial outfit, but with a difference. Andrew's family had had the farm for 150 years yet, a few years ago, he had a sudden realisation that chemicals was not the way forward. He converted to organic and then to Bio Dynamic methods of production. He now produces very high value, but low yielding ancient grains, spelt (which is mentioned in the bible and grown in Egypt, see Exodus) and emmer, even lower yielding and slow growing, which was first cultivated by the Babylonians. Both are very tall. Spelt bread is sometimes found in health food shops, or by specialist artisan bread makers.
Some of the grain elevators at the farm
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