Hi,

Just saying Hi to all, my wife and I have, after quite some time decided to follow our dream of living the sustainable lifestyle or give it a good crack at least and bought a property on the Fraser Coast, 40 odd acres, only small by most standards but something we feel we can manage to get a handle on.  Looking at a few options to make the place earn its keep but keen to hear what others are up to.

I'm a 24yo, from the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

I've just completed my carpentry apprenticeship and have no financial debts and a clean finacial record. 

Ofcourse the first step into the farming would be buying some land. I have no idea where to start. I have a small savings. Is it possible for someone of my age to afford a small farm within 3 hours from the city? Any advice would be much appreciated! 

My wife, Marion and I have just taken over our new farm. It's a 15 acre lot right with a house and a couple of sheds on the edge of town, only a five minute walk to the shop!

The previous owner let the place go and there's blackberries all over, the fences need replacing and the ground is like concrete thanks to the horses.

Hi,

sent a 9 mo crossbred wether for slaughter last month.

The lamb had no setbacks from birth & had more than ample pasture & was fed ewe supplement with garlic & mollases once a week.

It hung for a week at the butcher.........but the lamb had no fat on it when processed & is tough as old bags...........why?

I posted some time ago describing my initial experiments with a solar-powered drip irrigation for my farm at Elands, NSW. I've continued to improve the system each season and thought I'd give an update in case it's helpful for anybody else considering it.

I have two small hazelnut orchards of 100 and 50 trees respectively, for a total area of about 2 acres. I pump from a creek to a 5,000 L tank at the higher of the two orchards, and from there I pump out to a drip irrigation system.