Aracaria Work Diary

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin, Jerry
Warm, overcast, dry. 28. Moon 5% of full
Last working day of the year. Farm in absolute top condition.
Ready for the next year.
Tomorrow last market day for the year.
Thanks everyone.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Warm, dry, overcast, 28. Moon waning, 17% of full
Annual NASAA inspection. All ok.
Mulch collection east, top area.
Continued general clean-up and detailing. Massive tomato harvest.
Top raised beds re-planted with more tomatoes.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Overcast, little rain. Moon waning, 79% of full.
Some mulch collecting as much as the weather allowed.
Toro east top areas, west finished.
Old garden planting. Whole place looks fantastic.
Thanks everyone.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darren
Overcast, warm, 24. Moon just off full.
Major brush-cutting & toro session over west.
All looking good.

Stefan, Barrie, Darren, Tewe
Cool, overcast, dry. 20. Moon: 83% of full
Gatehouse Japanese garden clean-up.
Started brush-cut golden gift pecan orchard.

Last Thursday nor work possible because of rain.
Hot, 29, dry. Moon waning, 20% of full
Stefan, Darrin, Barrie
Old garden planting as usual.
Toro & brush-cut east top area and slope moving down.

Tewe, Darrin, Barrie, Stefan
Overcast, war, , dry. 24. Moon 54% of full
Big clean-up around potting area and tool shed.
Finished brush-cutting Yankee Creek border.
Cow Pat pit no2.

Stefan, Barrie, Darrin, Tewe
Hot, dry. 30. Moon waning, 82% of full.
Big clean-up after Monday’s heavy rain. Drive repair.
Brush-cut yankee creek reserve border. Half done.
Brush-

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm. Dry
Mostly mulch collecting & toro work.
Garden pick. Raise beds.

Stefan, Darrin, Tewe, Barrie
Warm, sunny, dry, 25. Moon: waxing, 55% of full.
Built experimental channel bed for strawberries.
Brsh-cutting, toro, western upper gully, east to area and dam.
Raised bed planting.

Stefan, Tewe, Darrin, Barrie
Overcast, warm, dry, 24. Moon: waxing, 35% of full
Lifted 500. Great quality in new east pit.
Toro, brush-cut western west area, teahouse.
Trellis for tomatoes.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin.Warm to hot, 26. Moon: waning, 4% of full.
Major clean-out of tea shed, pressure washed, totally re-organised.
Brush-cut western upper gully. Toro west, top area, olives, mango hill.
Raised beds work.

Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Overcast, warm, dry.22
East: brush cut gully and slope. Clear up some fallen trees etc.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Warm, overcast, 21, dry. Moon: waning, 68% of full
Two new raises asparagus beds, terraces green manure dug in, massive new compost pile.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe
Overcast, mild, 22. Rain in the afternoon.
Preps into cow pat pit.
Built three raised yam beds.
Usual garden work.
Maintenance on truck and machines.

Note: last Tuesday and Thursday Stefan away on a retreat. Farm work proceeded as usual.
Stefan, Tewe, Darrin, Barrie
Warm, sunny, 25. Moon: full
Lower terrace has been turned and planted out with various flowers.
Bin brus-cut, toro, weeding western area on west, teashed, gardens. Looking great.
Cow pat pit finished.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Warm after 6mm of rain, sunny, 24. Moon: New!
500 out to all growing areas, pecan orchards, citrus, all beds and gardens.
Raised bed planting. Build new work room, gatehouse.

Stefam, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, dry, 26. Moon: 32% of full, waning
Cleared old track leading to south/east border on East for first time every. Major cut-back. Can now take slasher all the way down to eastern fence line. Groundsel control. Slashed back with tractor slasher into edges east, top area. Barry usual market pick and old garden work. Brush-cut eastern slop 1/2 finished.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, sunny, very windy morning, dry. 25. Moon 52% of full
Toro east, west top area, mulch collection, 4 cages.
Raised beds planted. Watering.
East: brush-cut

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, sunny, dry. 23. Moon: waning, 92% of full.
Continued with brush-cutting western gully. General weed brush-cut and clean-up. Eastern dam and slope, toro.
Usual Thursday garden work. Picking. Old ginger beds dug over.
501 on all

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, dry, 20. Moon: 99% of Full.
Conitunes clearing western creek bed all the way up to the middle dam. Brushcut reserve and prepared for growing season. Fireweed and thistle run. Fireweed minimal, 50% of last year which is 5% of 5 years ago. Massive reduction.
Barrie: tomatoes in raised beds. Terraces mulched.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin. Moon: waxing, 85% of full.
Warm, sunny, dry, 22.
Refurbished nettle bed, finished clearing lower, western gully, brush-cut teashed area, lotus dam, lower gully and lower tea tree plantation. Big clean-up gatehouse renovation area. Big day.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Warm, 22, dry, sunny. Moon: 67% of full, waxing
Finally cleared the western side of the lower gully, west. Massive job with 30m cock-spur

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Warm, sunny, 24. Moon wax 17% of full.
Finished terraces, planted lomandra grass edges, lemon grass edge.
Top terrace kohlrabi.
Shifted terrace water taps to drive side. Whole area is now toro friendly.
Market pick.
Start on digging over old ginger beds behind shade house.
Major rock collection.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Warm, sunny, dry. 22. Moon: waxing, 2% of full.
Top terraces planted. Eight new raise beds finished.
Burned off big burn pile, figtree paddock.
General clean-up after windy and rainy period.
Grass starting to grow. Maybe early season.

No work possible on Tuesday because of heavy and very welcome rain.
Stefan, Barrie, Tewe. Moon: waning, 18% of full.
Continued with the 8 new raise beds.
Market pick.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe
Little bit of rain during the night, some cloud cover. 20. Moon: waning, 82% of full
Continued on raised beds, four are finished, the next row of four is ready.
Market pick.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Warm, sunny, dry, 24. Moon waning, 94% of full
Ginger planting in middle terrace.
Raised bed building, three finished, 5 to go.
Various leak fixing.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Overcast, few drops of rain. 20. Moon: waxing, 94% of full.
Finished top terrace, middle terrace totally finished, ready for planting. Re-built rose arbor.
General clean-up of terrace area. Massive de-rocking effort.
Started leveling area for new raised beds.
Usual market pick.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, sunny, dry. 22. Moon: waxing, 80% of full
Gatehouse digging out foundation.
Terraces dig. Middle terrace finished, raked and limes.
Top terrace 1/2 finished. Extremely compacted.
Ginger harvest.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Continued with middle terrace dig-up. Middle terrace 3/4 finished. Limed.
Major de-rocking work.
Top terrace started.
Yam harvest.
Basil seed harvest.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, sunny, dry, 24. Moon: waxing, 7% of full
Continued on terrace refurbishing. 1/3 finished.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe
Mild, 20, overcast, dry. Moon: waning, 7% of full.
Gatehouse slab & clean-up.
Stared reconditioning terraces.

Stefan, Tewe, Darrin, Barrie
warm, 22, dry. Moon: waning, 22% of full
Fireweed collection.
Cowshit collection.
Gatehouse production room digging.
Toro: eastern slop, fig paddock west.
Old garden, Barrie.

Stefan, Barrie, Darrin, Tewe
Warm, sunny, 22, dry.Moon: waning, 68% of full
West, top area, gully, brush-cut, skirted, cleared.
Bamboo harvest, mar

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe
Dry, sunny, cool. 19. Moon. waning 80% of full
Big gatehouse clean-up.
Bamboo harvest.
100 new greens planted, old garden.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Overcast, cool, dry, 19. Moon: Full
Finished pecan orchards pruning, collection and general clean-up.
Pecan harvest.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Cool, sunny, 17, dry. Moon 90% of full.
Pecan pruning finished.
Area around milking shed re-organised and leveled.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin, Jerry
Warm, sunny, 24. Moon waxing, 18% of full
Continued with massive vegetation cut-back, gatehouse gully. Started to plant-out home gully with bangalow palms.
Raised beds mulched.
Pics to come

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Cool, overcast, occasional showers, 19. Moon: 1% of full.
Finished planting raised beds. Market harvest.
Continued with big clean up and cut-back along southern fence line.
80% finished. Massive growth after two wet seasons.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Overcast, dry, 19. Moon: waning, 10% of full
Raised bed re-plant, spinach onion, parsley, chamomile
Massive clean-up and cut back in GH area.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Warm, sunny, dry, 21. Moon: Third Quarter, 51% of full
Cut down the dead casuarina trees along the Yankee Creek Rd front. Planted grevillias into various sections to complete the hedge. Bif weeding around she, toro western/west area.
Soil build-up on potato beds.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, sunny, dry, 21. Moon: waning, 70% of full
Last pecan collection in Golden Gift section.
Potato earth cover.
East - clean-up around new raised beds.
Brush-cut toro drive section, middle paddock and around upper and middle dam, mango hill.
Big day.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Jerry
Small shower, otherwise dry, some sun, 20. Moon: Full
Old garden work, market pick.
Eastern drive, weeding and brush-cutting.
Start of big clean-up, general.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin, Jerry
Mild, dry, some sun.19. Moon: 97% of full
Old garden planting.
Brush cut eastern slope, weeding.
Too wet from weekend rain to continue on new raised beds.

Cold, overcast, dry. 16. Moon: First quarter, 53% of full
Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin, Jerry
Barrie: propagating, old garden.
Continues on new raised bed on east, top section.
1/2 finished.

Last week’s work days were washed out.
Today, overcast, no rain, cool. 18. Moon: waxing, 31% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Old garden: planting new beds, kale, spinach.
Continued with building raised be on East, top area. 1st bed finished.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, dry, sunny, 21. Moon: waning, 35% of full
Pecan harvest, lower orchard.
Beds dug over , old garden.
Continued work on the new bed site, east, top area.
Planted row of fine bamboo along eastern fence line.
Started clearing lantana top center area, east.

Sunny, warm, 22. Moon: 3rd quarter, 54% of full.
Last Thursday’s work had to be abandoned because of heavy rain all day.
Continued on clearing area, east, top, for new raised beds.
Barrie: getting new beds ready in old garden.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, dry, sunny, 22. Moon: full
Pecan harvest.
Camphor laurel tree removal, east, top area. Very large tree.
Barrie: terraces, flower planting

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin.
Sunny, cool, dry, 20. Moon: 67% of full.
Pecan harvest lower orchard.
Tulsi harvest, first stage.
Lemon verbena harvest.
Mulch pick-up east, top area.
Toro: main paddock west, east, middle slope.
All done for winter.
Brush-cut western top gully.
Re-plant drive bed, first bend.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin,Jerry
Warm, sunny, couple of showers. 21. Moon: 45% of full, waxing
500 horn filling day. About 500 horns. New pit on east, top area. 1/2 clay topped.
Garlic cloves planted on three new eastern beds. Looking good.
Toro top eastern section.
Big day.

Thursday
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin.
Overcast, few drops of rain, 21. Moon: waxing, 5% of full.
Pecan harvest, lower orchard.
Brush-cut toro, western section, lotusdam, tt plantation, tea shed. Also top area.
Dragged water weeds from eastern dam with digger.
Two beds of potatoes planted.
Big day.

Last Thursday’s work had to be abandoned due to heavy rain.
Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Warm, overcast, 23. rain, thunderstorm late afternoon. Moon: New Moon
Pecan harvest, golden gift section. Small nuts probably due to very wet period. Most of the energy has gone into vegetative growth. Some trees have doubles in size. 4/5 still to go.
Prepares new garlic beds on east, cosh shit collection, some gypsum. Ready for planting in a week.
Dug new 500 pit on east. Started to free eastern dam from water weeds using the digger.
500 out on all the gardens and olive hill, citrus, rose tipped tea tree and new garlic beds.
Toro: middle section of slope. Brush-cut fence line east/west.

Stefan, Tewe
Heavy rain, cool, 20. Moon: waning, 38% of

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, little overcast, few showers. 23. Moon: waning, 86% of full.
Old garden: potatoes bed finished and seeded.
Continued on eastern slope, all trees weeded and cleared. Brush-cut 3/4 finished.
New digger arrive. Started on garlic beds on east.

Stefan, Tewe, Darrin
Some rain, warm, overcast. 22. Moon 98% of full.
Various maintenance work, pumps, electric fences.
Continued brush cutting eastern gully and slope. Toro east main paddock.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Warm, sunny, dry, 24. Moon 80% of full, wax.
First pecan harvest,first rosella harvest.
Potato beds made ready.
Finished cassia cull on east. Camphor cull on western creek bed.
Brush-cut olives, toro east top section.
Big day.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, dry, sunny, 25. Moon: waxing, 59% of full
Bed preparation, old garden.
Weeding lotusdam wall.
Cassia clearing on east and west, also some camphor re-growth.
Weeding east, main slope gully plantation, 3/4 finished. Very good growth. Some losses.

Stefan, barrie, Tewe, Darrin, Jerry
Overcast, few early showers, 22. Moon: waxing, 12% of full.
Heavy rain on Tuesday. No work possible.
Usual garden work, terraces.
Cut down big dead tree along drive.
Brush-cut top section of slope, look-out.

Stefan, Tewe, Darrin, Barrie
War, few showers, sunny afternoon. 24. Moon: waning, 10% of full.
Market harvest.
Prepared GG pecan orchid for harvest. Brush cut entire area.
Prepared two new beds on east, top area.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Mild, overcast, few showers, 22. Moon: waning, 24% of full.
Finished Yankee Creek brush-cut. Freed all the young trees. Big job.
Needs to be done three times a year instead of once.
Old garden, work as usual.
Tea shed gardens cleaned up and re-planted and mulched.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Hot morning, overcast afternoon. 30. Moon: waning, 90% of full
Old garden prepration, planting.
Slope weeding and mulching nearly finihsed.
Toro lower slope east, main paddock west.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, sunny, dry 23. Moon: 91% of full
Old garden bed preparation.
First week back to market after the rains.
Continued weeding, mulching eastern slope plant-outs. 2/4 finished.
GH, dive fix - finally.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, sunny, dry, 25. Moon 75% of full.
Old garden, planting, propagating, potting.
Clearing, weeding eastern upper slope, irises, lomadras and trees.
1/4 done, continue of Thursday.

Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Planting, terraces, old garden
Big clearing, weeding of western top area and gully.

501 on gardens, terraces, raised beds

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin, Jerry.
Little rain in the morning, overcast, warm. 20. Moon: waxing, 10% of full
Weeding and clearing plant-out east, eastern border. All have grown well. Only two losses. Brush-cut and mulched trees along fence line.
Weeded, cleared and mulched mangoes/mandarin plantation.
Old garden and terraces work, potting.

Field day with farm walk and stirring 500 in flowform. About 50 people turned up. Nice day.
500 in gardens, pecans and around tea shed.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin, visit from Brian Keats
Humid, hot, dry. Thunderstorm late afternoon, 24. Moon: waning, 2% of Full
Big preparation day for Sunday’s Field Day. Whole place looks as good as it will ever look.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
hot, dry, 32. Moon: waning, 15% of full.
Old garden work continues.
Big brush-cutting, toro, top areas, middle paddock, drive, mangoes, tea-shed area, citrus.
All looking good.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Overcast, cool, little rain. 20. Moon waning, 57% of Full.
Removed fences, middle paddock.
East: main paddock toro.
Brush-cut: eastern gully, lychees, weeding eastern look-out.
Old garden beds and terraces very nearly back in production.

Warm, overcast, little rain, 24. Moon: Waning, 78% of Full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Massive brush-cutting day - most of West is back in shape.
terraces weeding and mulching started.
Lotus seed collection.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Morning rain, overcast day, warm. 27. Moon: wax. 98% of Full
Big toro, brush-cutting day. Tea shed area, citrus, maccas, lotus adm, drive, main paddock.
Part of eastern top section.
Barrie: old garden preparation.

Stefan, Tewe, Barry
Heavy rain most of the day. Had to stop work at 11.
Mulched up Sofie Garden.
Old garden beds preparation.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Warm, some cloud, dry, 24. Moon:waxing, 40% of full.
Western tea r.s. tea tree plantation (lower section) weeded, brush-cut and 6 replacement plants.
Adjacent gully plant-out weeded and losses replaced.
Old garden work continues, herb propagation boxes ready.
East: brush-cut gully from dam up, 1′/4 complete.

Stefan, Tewe, rainy, cool, 20. Moon: 20% of full.
Rain stopped work at 1:30pm. East, top area brush-cut and weeded.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Hot, 33, mostly sunny, little cloud, dry. Moon: New Moon
Old garden bed rebuilding and seedling planting. Lotus pod collection.
Weeding mulching, east top beds and plam island, top field.
Potting up bangalows.
Mulch collection eastern slop.
Major toro break down while slashing last slop section. Expensive.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Hot, humid, 29, little drizzle. Moon 3% from Full
Big cleanup, collecting dead trees, branches. Old garden: seedlings in, beds prepared. Big clean-out of shade house and nursery. Sweet basil planted in raised bed. Tulsi harvested and drying in shed.
Brush-cut border west/east
Massive mulch collection in the last few days (sunny period). Easily three times as much as last year. Grasses are improving.
Toro: middle section of slope, very long grass (couldn’t cut because of wet) and very slow. The top part of eastern slop is the last section not slashed yet. Amazing effort.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Hot, dry, 29. Moon: waning, 42% of full
Another heavy toro, brush-cutting, mulch collecting day. Collected largest amount of mulch, ever. Lots more coming if the weather holds.
Apart from a small section on East, the whole farm has been cut now. Brush-cutting is about 60% done.
Refurbishing the Old Garden after the heavy rains. New seedlings and bed preparation.
Pinciana planted on east. “citation” tree planted olive hill, south side.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Darrin
Sunny, warm to hot, 28, dry. Moon: waning,65% of Full
Big toro, brush-cutting & mulch collecting day. Most of west cut now. Lower slope on east.
Old garden: seedling planting various vegs.
Cleaning out shade houses.

Stefan, tenwe, Barry, darrin
Sunny morning, clouded avo, dry, some rain may be coming. 24. Moon nearly full.
First dry enough day to toro. Best paddock, east top areas. Also some mulch collection. Sophie garden and old garden, raised bed, all being restored after massive rains.

Jarman, new calf, not sure yet if boy or girl. Looks strong and is already sucking.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie
Overcast, heavy rain. Had to abandon work after lunch. 22
Weeded rose tea tree, east.
The Old garden is pretty much flooded and food production severely cut back.
Have to stop market for a while and re-group.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Darrin
Overcast, warm, 23, dry. Moon: New
First day back after 10 day break. We have had two weeks of solid rain. The farm is drenched. Grass growth is phenomenal. It will take a some time to get the place back into shape.
Started with brush-cutting west top section, gully and tea shed area, citrus. Barrie getting gardens back into swing. Some toro work but very limited because of wet.