http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/ A commentary about our daily life on the land. en-us Nucleus CMS v3.32 � Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/ http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=31 If you have questions about the designs you can email me directly.
Sample set here is designed for Easter - see store for more detail, or go directly to Designs Mall and look at Herbwood Embroidery. There is a free design with both the line art and the coloured Easter eggs.
Easter eggs, line art, Clipartopolis, machine embroidery design, free design.]]> machine embroidery design http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=31 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:31:13 +0700 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=30 bantam chicks
Father and, we're not sure which is the mother, but the adults look very proud of their new babies.]]> youngsters http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=30 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:03 +0700 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=29 In just a week, which I spent on the other side of the country being happy with family, all the bright green grass, oats and sundry assorted weeds have dried out and there is little green to be seen now. Gotta mow fast now and feed the oatish stuff to the goats.
fruits, lemon, mulberry, cherry, roses, bottlebrush
I should mention the roses, they are beautiful at the moment, if they can manage to open without geese or crows eating them first. Crows? Yes, a couple of them seen a few days ago munching and tugging at the buds. Odd.]]> Orchard http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=29 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:55:29 +0700 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=28 black swan, shelducks, winter creek
]]> birdlife http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=28 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:56:14 +0800 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=27 banksia prionoites]]> Trees and plants http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=27 Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:17:21 +0800 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=26
It has been a good winter for grass growth, which sometimes conceals less palatable plants. Our girl goats have been in their current yard for over a year now with no problems, but recently one of youngsters, only 10 months old, and then two days' later her mother, succumbed to a mysterious and rapid illness. We found some marshmallow plants in the yard, and they recently had some new type of hay, containing rye grass. It is difficult to decide the cause of their fatal illness and we have many local suggestions, but when one of the older does started to follow we enlisted the local vet, obtained some antibiotic for her and isolated her. Whatever we did was successful and she is now complaining, wanting to return to her family. We seem to have stopped that problem now, and need to turn our attention to sheep which need crutching. Always something!

No photos this time, too sad.]]> Misc. http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=26 Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:24:12 +0800 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=25
Milo is the most forthcoming of the alpacas and curious about any new item which appears, animal vegetable or other. Jackson likes to have a run around as well as tuck in to the tagas, which give him hiccups after a while.
as you can see, he has outgrown his jacket which is now halfway up his back, so we removed that this morning.
]]> alpacas http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=25 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:08:12 +0800 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=24 nearly ready to flower]]> Trees and plants http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=24 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:18:58 +0800 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=23 They had two young angora goats one one side, two Arab mares in front of them, chooks underfoot during the day and geese making a kerfuffle at any time of day or night all around the yard. Quite a number of differences from their previous quiet home.
Better eat before the hens arrive
Came the day when their new yard and house were finally ready. Off we marched down the drive leading Emma and Milo with Jackson darting here and there. Past more goats, these with long horns, past the two stallions, and there it was, a quiet grassy yard with a neat house. But more strange animals appeared - sheep, very curious about the new arrivals.
And there was that dog again! Warily they surveyed each other, dog quite at ease, alpacas on the alert.
]]> alpacas http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=23 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:19:08 +0800 http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=22 Emma and cria

They will be coming to join us on the farm very soon now, together with Emma's last year cria, Milo, a cheeky fawn boy who will be our new herd guard and keep the new baby company in six months' time when he has to be weaned.]]> Misc. http://herbwoodfarm.com.au/blog/index.php?itemid=22 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:34:34 +0800