Aracaria Work Diary

Mostly sunny, bit of rain late afternoon, 24, Moon 2%of full
Stefan, Tewe, Pav, Barrie
Pecan harvest continue, west top area gully trees weeded, brush-cut.
Planting raised beds.
Water leak search.

Sunny, warm, 23. Moon: waning, 12% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Pav, Barrie
Pecan harvest, 85kg.
Brush-cut western part, lotusdam, figtree paddock, gully. Ready for winter.
Planted: garlic
Harvest: market, ginger, tumeric

Dry, sunny, warm, 24. Moon: waning, 27% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Pecan harvest.
Brush-cut olive hill, cleaned trees, middle paddock, top area and top area east.
Garlic beds on east prepared for planting.
Pics to come

Sunny, dry, 24. Moon: waning, 77% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Pav, Barrie
Pecan Harvest, soap making, terraces, raise bed re-planted, ginger bed ready, east gully brush-cut 3/2 finished.

Another extremely wet weekend.Farm is soaked. Very difficult to work.
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Thursday> little bit of sun, 23.
Worked on eastern slope plantation, rose tea trees, lychees. Brush-cut and weeded. Enormous growth.
Potatoes planted.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav, Jerry
Sunny, cool, 22. First dry day for weeks. Moon: waxing, 21% of full
500 filling and buried in last year’s pit on east.
About 500 horns.
Toro east, top area, brush-cut tea shed area.
Used digger to prepare three large garlic beds on east, same position as last year.

Stefan, Tewe, Pav, Barrie
Mild, some rain, little sun. Moon: 53% of full, waning
Started on the yearly cut-back and tree skirting job. Yankee creek area, around tea shed.
Old garden bed preparation and new planting.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Overcast, mild, little rain. 24
Soapmaking.
East: brush cut dam and eastern plan-outs.
Terraces and raised bed planting.

Sun with a few clouds, mostly dry. 24. Moon, 87% of full
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Mulch collection on East.
Finished toto east. West lemon myrtle hill and around top and middle dam.
Rose tea tree and olive leaf harvest.
Brush-cut Yankee creek area finished, lemon myrtle hill and around dams mostly finished.
Toro olive hill and middle paddock.
Farm nearly back in shape after all the rain.

Stefan, tewe, Barrie, Pav
Sunny, warm, 24. Moon: 85% of full
First dry day for weeks. Slashing, east main paddock, west, figtree paddock.
Brush-cut Yankee Creek plant-out.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Pav
Morning sunny, heavy showers in the afternoon. Mostly brush-cutting and some toro work.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Bit of sun, bit of rain. 24. Moon: waxing, 19% of full
Olive leaf harvest, raised beds prep
Brush-cut top area, fenceline, myrtle hill.
Some toro, but mostly still too wet.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Wet and miserable, mud everywhere.
Brushcut gg pecas.
More rosellla harvest.
Soap making all day.
Old garden beds.
No market tomorrow.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Dry after another week of heavy rains. 26. Moon: waning, 5% of full.
Farm incredibly soaked after weeks of rain. Very muddy and difficult/impossible to use machines.
Harvested rosella today. Nice size. About 1/3 of what is to come.
Brush cut reserve and started in Golden Gift pecans to get ready for harvest. Pecans are getting ripe earlier this year. Could be a big harvest.
Started weeding lotusdam island.
Barrie in the gardens: planting, planting, planting.
Prepared soap machine for Thursday.

Tewe, Barrie, Pav.
Stefan away with Bhud.
very wet wee. Mostly bruscutting western edge of west, reserve. Also top-area hill and gully.
Barrie: planting and maintaining gardens.

Last Tuesday washed out because of heavy rain.
Sunny, warm, farm still very wet. First opportunity to slash some areas. 26. Moon: Full
Stefan, Tewe, Pav, Barrie
Re-planting terraces. Old garden work as usual. Market puck, as usual.
Toro: east, top area. Brush-cut: tea shed, western, Yankee creek areas. Top gully, start.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Warm, sunny, dry. 25. Moon, waxing, 52% of full
Brush cut, weed east, top area.
Toro teashed area, western area, west. Top area, west.
East, dam. First opportunity after much rain.
J C, clearing east, backhoe.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Pav
Last Thursday no work possible because of rain. Over 200mm.
Today dry, little sun, still very wet.
Brushcut olive hill, drive, east, top area.
500 out all gardens, terraces, orchards, olives, pecans, east: top areas, main cow paddock.
Barrie brushcut garden paths, terraces planting

Stefan, Barrie, Pav.
Hot, humid, overcast, 28. Moon 1% of full
Weeded aloe vera beds, terraces. Shade house ginger beds.
Brushcut middle & upper dam.
Emptied two CCP pits.

Tuesday & Thursday
Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav. Sunny, warm, few showers. 27. Moon: waning, 33% of full.
Brush-cutting, toro. All areas of farm back in control.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Hot, humid, dry, 30
Cleared western upper boundary line. Cut back camphor growth, privet. Three large camphors to come down yet.
Weeded lotus dam wall, brush cut Yankee creek gully.
Barrie: upper terraces prep.

Stefan, Tewe, Barrie, Pav
Warm, little cloud, sunny, dry. 26. Moon waxing, 70% of full.
All day toro and brush cutters. Very nearly on top of the grass again. All areas that were not too wet are done.
Old garden re-digging beds.
No market tomorrow.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Pav
First sunny day for weeks, 26, overcast later afternoon. Moon 1st quarter.
First opportunity to use Toro for weeks. Heavy duty day to get on top of growth. West nearly done. Est started. If the weather holds, we will be able to get on top of the growth by next week. Some raised beds re-planted. Also in old garden.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Prep
War, rainy. Moon; waxing, 9% of full.
Weeks of massive rain, over 400mm. Work not possible on Tuesday.
Brushcut west, western area but had to stop after heavy rain.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Ropie
Warm, some heavy showers. 25. Moon: waning, 19% of full.
No work possible on Tuesday due to heavy rain. 120mm in one day.
Toro and brush-cut east, drive section and main paddock finish.
Major clean-up and re-org of tea shed.

Stefan, Barrie, Tewe, Ropie
Warm, sunny, 24. Moon: waning, 90% of full. Getting dry.
Same as last Thursday and Tuesday: toro, mulch collecting, brush-cutting & maintenance. Re-planting raised beds.

First day back after Christmas break.
Stefan, Tewe, Darrin, Ropie (Barrie still on holidays)
Warm, sunny, dry. 28. Moon: waxing, 69 of full.
Major toro and brush-cutting day after massive grass growth. To be continued on Thursday.