I’m a Planner. I love to write To Do lists, make plans, set goals and tick things off those lists. That feeling of accomplishment, of Getting Stuff Done. Like many Planners, sometimes I think I like the planning and writing To Do lists more than I actually like doing the…
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…
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…
Chickens are amazing creatures. They are really tough in many respects and really fragile in others. A chest infection or eggbound oviduct can kill them quickly, whereas grave wounds can just seem like an annoyance and they pull through. Take, for example, one of our beautiful, big Light Sussex girls.…
Spring is finally here at White Stone Farm. Hooray! Winter was frosty and we got a good dose of rain. Our water channeling system successfully harvested rainwater throughout winter, with our drainage channels filling and slowly but surely moving the water across the block, collecting in small pools along…
Look around… Leaves are brown… There’s a patch of snow on the ground… Winter has arrived and thankfully some good soaking winter rains arrived with it. It was a dire time throughout Autumn, with the rains arriving on the very last day. But then Winter descended and with it those…
Our poultry are an important part of White Stone Farm. They are our natural insect control, fertilizer makers and feathery entertainers. (And one day, some of them will make it to the dinner table as well). Poultry are fascinating. The way the chickens go about their business in their endless search for…
Here at White Stone Farm we are often presented with challenges. The hot, dry summers, very wet winters, poor drainage over most of the property, heavy frosts in winter, the house that needs a bit of TLC…but one of the biggest challenges we face is our lack of good topsoil.…
The chill of Winter is leaving the landscape and the warmth of Spring is finally upon us. Thank goodness!! Those -2°C mornings (down to -6°C one day…brrrrr!) are behind us for another year and we can look forward to longer days, more sunshine and a verdant, productive landscape. Even the…
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…
