What we've been doing on the farm in August

This month we have had our shed built. I SO sympathise with the people on The Block as tradies come and go as they try and complete an assortment of jobs for various people. The shed houses both the mowers and other equipment. We will get a concrete lip up to the shed (when the concrete man can fit us in.)  When we are harvesting we will have the bins in this shed, but when we aren't we can store the caravan in there.

 You may remember we had one nut. It duly fell off and I put it in the window ledge until the husk cracked and came off. Now just further drying until it rattles and then we will have a one nut banquet!

 Another thing we did was get a tank installed. Fortunately Bradley (in the green and white Bunnings top) is a golfer so that job was done relatively efficiently.

 And as luck would have it, it rained the next night and I was able to turn the tap on and get a trickle out of it.

 Two of our trees look pretty sick, but we will give them another couple of weeks in case they kick away again.  If they dont we will get them out and have a post mortem. With this lovely fine weather we often go for a walk and check them out. Duncan likes to keep the grass in check so I thought I'd better get to grips with the zero turn mower. It has quite sensitive controls and after a few terrifying moments I started to get going OK. I only did 4 rows (of 18) - but I didn't knock over one. Thank goodness for that hay mulch surround.

The next job was to make some shelves and a lockable cabinet from kitsets. We attempted some shelves first. Duncan triumphantly announced he had read the instructions, however the english on these sheets is not of a very high standard and we ended up with some very rickety shelves and 4 pieces left over. A little bit of back-tracking and we finally got it to a serviceable level. The cabinet seemed much easier to do.

Leaderbrand have been slow to get the cabbages out of the next hectare and still have to plough it all up and put in grass. Most of the trees show new growth and we are looking forward to spring.