Aracaria Work Diary

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.