Aracaria Work Diary

Overcast, warm, 22, no rain. Moon, waning, 60% of Full.
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Finished terraces, best they have ever been. Built rock steps, compost heap, weeded and repaired. Ready.
Old garden work as usual.
Grass is coming up fast after rain. Started tea shed area, brush cut and weeding.

Warm, humid, 24, Thunderstorm, had to finish work by 12
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Work on the terraces continued.

Last Tuesday no work because of rain.
Overcast, war, 22, little rain. Moon: 100% full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey, Jerry
Continued with old garden upgrading.
Big job on the terraces. Weeding, cutting back, digging over green manure.
Some planting. Also weeding of H look-out and drive beds.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stancey
Warm, little overcast, dry. 23. Moon: 61% of full, waxing.
Removed all fences from middle paddock, de-rocked and trimmed back trees. The land now flows properly. Major improvement which opens up many new possibilities. Big job.
Potting, market pick and propagating.

Warm, few drops of rain, overcast, 22. Moon: wax.40% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Stacey
Bore pump connected and working.
Removed icecream bean trees, tea shed area.
Major prune and clean-up of callistemons and grevillias along upper section of eastern drive.
Started removing fences on middle paddock.
Weed and clean-out of aloe vera plantation, west. All plants in flower.

Warm, dry, sunny. 24. Moon: New
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Re-organised shade houses, potted up all remaining palms, general clean-out of propagation area
Big cow shit collection
East: mulch collection, 6 cages.
Brush-cut eastern section of slope, cleared all trees, very few losses, very good growth.
East looks a treat
500 with Tewe and Stefan on Mule. East: slope, mandarins, mangoes, palms and main paddocks. West gardens, figtree paddock, citrus, pecans, mangoes, maccas, dam area.

Warm, overcast, dry, 22. Moon, 2% of full, waning
Stefan, Tewe, Stacey, Barrie
Old garden: new beds, re-potting
West: removed old fences top area, re-planted dragon fruit along top western fence line.
Big prune of grevillias and other trees in this areas. Removal of ice cream bean trees on mango hill.
East: toro slope and brush-cut various plant-out and details.

Warm, sunny, dry. 25. Moon: 3rd quarter, 43% of Full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Stacey
Cleared big ff tree, main paddock.
Watering east, new plantations.
New water pipe connection between upper and middle dams and top tank.
Re-potting.
Leveled area around propagating table.
Brush cut: east upper drive, both sides.