Modern-day homesteading at Little Owl Gully

March 20, 2023

The place with all the trees

“The place with all the trees.” Soon after we moved here three decades ago a local said that about our place. Back then all the trees on our property were near the house and...

Homesteading / Little Owl Gully

March 13, 2023

Subterranean Water Pipe Blues

Bob Dylan fans will tell me that I’m ripping off the title to ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’. A pipe dream to suggest that my water pipe woes have anything in common with Dylan’s 1965 song,...

Homesteading

March 6, 2023

Dead Thirsty: Pt. 2

Last week I told you that we were away for a couple of days and came home to find a dead thirsty Delores marooned with her week-old kids in a paddock that didn’t have...

Homesteading

February 27, 2023

Dead Thirsty: Pt. 1

One goat dead and one goat dead thirsty: Delores dead thirsty and the wether dead. Now that the trauma is behind us, we’re back to appreciating life on the bright side. A mix of...

Little Owl Gully

February 20, 2023

Two teats good, one teat bad!

One teat bad! As any breast-feeding mum will tell you, both sides need milking out. Uppermost, or more to the point, uddermost in June’s mind for several weeks after a doe has kidded. If...