Pollen

The bees are hard at work bring home pollen already. It is good to know you have a lot of pollen and nectar sources at hand to get the bees started in spring.

Some of the early bee food we have planted to supliment our native plantigns are; Tree lucerne, Willow, Hazel, and a good range of fruit trees starting with Almond.

Lambs

One lamb, then twins, and then another.

I love watching lambs dancing in the paddock.

The sheep are using their new mineral feeder lots to get the extra nutrition needed to feed their growing lambs.

MIlk

Fresh milk. Thank you Lilly and Peter.

Duck food

Slug and snail populations can grow dramatically over winter so it is great to see our ducks hard at work. They are continually roving the paddocks turning slugs and snails into tasty duck eggs.

Calving

Lilly was the last of the cows on the farm to calf.

Welcome Fat boy!!

Pupae

Lots of insects spend the winter as pupae waiting for springs warmth to hatch.

Pollinators

The air is full of buzzing and the sweet smell of nectar.
Tree lucerns help kick start the pollinators ready for their invaluable pollinating services.
This tree is only 3 years old.

Fantails

A perch in the garden, and they spend their days catching insects and fertilising.

I love their cheery dance and the click as they catch a meal.

Blossom

Our Almond trees are showing the first blossoms of spring.

Maybe it is beacuse they are on a warm west facing basin.

SPRING!!