Aracaria Work Diary

Warm, dry, sunny, 22. Moon: waning, 64% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Big clean-out tea shed loft. Strip olive leaf.
Shifted header tank to bore, connected and dug in 100m line to old garden.
Old garden, bed surrounds - start.
New iris bed.

Warm, sunny, dry, 22. Moon: waning, 98& of full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Old garden & Sofie garden restructure.
West top area fence removal and clean-up of manukas, de-rocking. Much better energy flow now. Very good.

Warm, overcast, some rain yesterday. Moon: 100% Full
Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Stacey
New 28m passionfruit trellis along northern edge of Old Garden. Will pant about 15 plants into raised beds.
Shifted Sofie garden pond and re-organised area for the joining of Sofie garden and old garden into a untied environment.
Brush cutting and plant clearing: west, top gully. Some losses, mostly young palms.

In anticipation of some rain tomorrow and Full Moon later tonight, I have experimented with 500 on areas:
all gardens, citrus, tea shed area, drive, best paddock, drive paddock, east top area, olives, and pecans.

War, 24, sunny, dry. Moon: 75% of Full, wax.
Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Stacey
Toro: west, top area, east, mandarins, dam, various bits.
Mulch collection: west: 4 cages, east, 2.5 cages
Brush cut. western gully.
Garden preparation, market pick.
Winter season is finished. Spring has definitely arrived.
Comment: this has been, by far, the most productive winter season in our 9 year history.. We have planted more than ever, cleared substantially, maintained areas and prepared them for the growing season. BD practices have been maintained, over 400 horns have been buried, 500 has been cast several times. One cow pat pit has been established. The animals are in good shape, fireweed has been reduced to very little, the gardens are in the best shape, by far. All pruning has been done, we are on top of the weeds. Altogether a very successful winter and as good a start to the growing season as one can wish for. Many thanks to Tewe, Barrie, Stacey and Jerry.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Warm, dry, sunny, definitely the first day of the growing season. 23. Moon: waxing, 48% of Full.
Continued with clearing east top gully.
Toro: main paddock, west, middle paddock, tea house area, lemon myrtle hill, olives.
Brush cut: olives, rose teat trees, new plantation, west, Yankee creek gully, start.
New bed preparation in old garden, raised beds preparation.

No work on Tuesday because of heavy rain (90mm)
Mild, dry, overcast, 19. Moon: waxing, 7% of full.
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Started clearing of upper most section of main eastern gully. Last camphor concentration. Major effort. Brush cut: finished first cut of eastern gully.
Planted 100 tiger lilies GH, 2 bangalows, 8 spear lilies.
Major citrus prune to combat borer infestation.
Market pick.

Mild, dry, 20. Moon: waning 28% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Big plant-out slope middle section. 150 rose tea tree, lomandra borders, replacing lossed.
Very big day. Biggest planting day ever.

Sunny, cold wind, dry, 18. Moon 48% of full.
Stefan, Tewe, Stacey
Continued on upper part of slope plant-out.
Planted about 300 lomandas and iris in two lines around the upper section.
Lower section brush-cut and ready for planting.