Oh, how wonderful this summer has become. While we steeled ourselves for the baking heat, oven-like conditions, lack of water, dry and dust…Mother Nature instead has given us a beautiful reprieve of cool temperatures and rain. Blessed be this unusual summer where every day feels like spring! December and January…
Golden Brown, golden brown The landscape’s wearing its golden gown Makes me frown, gets me down I miss the green in this golden brown. As Summer descends, the landscape colour and demeanour is changing. The greenery is disappearing quickly as the weather heats up and the air dries out. The…
This farm has helped us learn things about ourselves. It’s tested our strength, our resolve, our relationship and challenged our perceptions on many things. I realise that I am not a fan of the hot, dry summer. Growing up near temperate rainforest, I’m a green forest child and I miss…
Our seasons have been delayed. A long, hot, dry, dusty summer has given way to a long, hot, dry, dusty autumn. A strange autumn, with no rain until the very last few days. It’s been tough here at White Stone Farm, with our dams drying and plants dying, surrounded by…
With its last gusty, frosty breath, winter seems to be finally waning here at White Stone Farm. The warmth of spring is starting, the fruit trees are in their flowery finery of pinks and whites and the pastures are becoming verdant and lush once again. Ah Spring, my favourite month…
Wow – how quickly the year is disappearing! No sooner did we enjoy the golden hues of autumn, then winter approached with bracing winds, rain and more rain, sub-zero temperatures and more rain. Did I mention rain? How sad the extra water tanks aren’t in yet! But the ducks think…
Brrrr…winter is on its way at White Stone Farm! Crisp, clear nights with millions of stars ablaze in the sky turn to frosty mornings and a landscape blanketed in icicles of white. The grass crunches underfoot as I brave the frigid air to feed the early morning crew. Jess is…
It’s amazing what a change in location and lifestyle can make on your outlook to the weather and all it brings. In the depths of a dry summer, this is even more apparent. Once rain was an annoyance, an inconvenience, damaging to picnic plans and outdoor BBQ events. Now here…
