Home on the Range
Farm Life
October 26, 2026
Why do deer do this?
Hello from the farm, We've finally finished planting most of the Christmas tree farm. Thousands of Monterey Pines and Douglas Firs are now in the ground,...
October 13, 2026
Why peacocks are not actually blue
Hello from the farm, Despite Peacock Blue being a colour on just about every artist's palette, peacocks aren't actually blue. I only discovered this fairly...
October 6, 2026
Don't smell any flowers until you read this
Hello from the farm, I've discovered that tulips are quite strange. Tulips originated in Central Asia before migrating west and becoming famously Dutch....
Cooking with love
September 22, 2026
Is Gordon Ramsay Wrong?
Hello from the farm, I'm about to disagree with Gordon Ramsay about scrambled eggs, which feels slightly above my pay grade. I mean Gordon makes some seriously...
August 4, 2026
That breakfast you can't help order
Hello from the farm, I have a confession......If Eggs Benedict is on a breakfast menu, I'm ordering it. There's something about a perfectly poached egg....
July 14, 2026
I've got a winter question
Hello from the farm, With the weekend's snowfall, I've started thinking about winter comfort food. Not soups, not warming casseroles, but Eggnog obviously!...
Building the dream
September 29, 2026
This may have tested our marriage
Hello from the farm, Remember those 140 metres of hedgerows I told you about back in June? The ones that arrived looking like very expensive sticks? Well,...
September 1, 2026
I'm trying to keep Darryl Alive
Hello from the farm We are now well underway building our one-acre flower farm. With more to follow, but please don't tell Mark that just yet. He is currently...
August 25, 2026
When reality arrives & eats your grand vision
Hello from the farm, I've realised something about the way my brain works. Whenever I get an idea, I don't start at the beginning. I start with the finished...
Keeping it local
February 3, 2024
Prize Winning Eggs at Nimmitabel
Amidst the rolling hills and picturesque landscape of Nimmitabel, a small town in the Monaro, the Nimmitabel show is an annual celebration of rural life....
April 2, 2021
Lake Light Sculpture
Every Easter, Jindabyne holds a wonderful outdoor spectacle called Lake Light Sculpture The sculptures are displayed on the lake foreshore. As night falls...
March 8, 2021
On the banks of the Snowy River
What perfect weather we had this past weekend, for the 77th annual Dalgety show. It is wonderful that our country shows are back after being shut down...