A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE OLD RAM

[The Old Ram-Australia]

G'day folks, this morning we are getting some very welcome rain,over the last few dayswe have had "drips and drops" but this morning it does look like we will get a decent drop during the day and with a NE air flow and an East Coast Low we should get some more in the coming days. Their is no surface wind at the moment so with some luck we will get a good drop this morning....Oh my ,you folks are certainly beiing tested up there,what with fires in the West and snow and freezing weathher in the East. I hope all of you are safe in your part of the world.

The new FB group seems to be going OK, with lots of new to farming folks and some old farmers(who in the main just want to complain about my views and what I advocate). My first topic on Fencing seems to be recieved well ,but this subject is very large and complex because the land and its needs differ from landscape to livestock..If any of you would like to read and commment the group is FB Braidwood Grazing and Farming for Small Landowners,

Hope you all had an enjoyable break and like me managed to catch up with family. I have now split off all the young rams from last year ,except for a small group of ewes and lambs led by a "rebel ewe" who is going to ther freezer.I have found this is the most efficient way to handle persistant escapees.

Thats about it for now,T.O.R.

 

[Ridgetop]

Glad to hear from you again. we were getting worried.

 

[The Old Ram-Australia]

G'day folks, as I look forward to cooler weather you are all looking towards spring. Late summer was terrific for the farm with over 100 mls falling in the back end. My Native pastures took advantage of this and most of my warm season speciesflowered and are setting seed again.

Up north they are readying for a nasty cyclone ,we will get some of the rain from this and then I expect our first frost and straight into winter. I have been working hard to get in lots of wood for the approaching cold.

https://braidwoodradio.com.au/podcast/our-farm-with-frank/ This link will take you to all of my radio broadcasts if you would like to hear any of them again. I will not be returning to the program and instead I have started a local FB group."Braidwood Farming and Grazing group for Small Landowners".I see Bay has already joined and posted to the group.

One of the local Landcare co-orinaters have turned mu Powerpoint of the Creek restoration into a movie and it can be accesssed https://shlnorgau-my.sharepoint.com...lOFZwN29NWmNzMWYrV1BEN05sWWhPSDhJUHZhK0txbz0= Please let me know if it works ok for you up there.. Next time I am talking to him I will see if I can add audio to it. https://shlnorgau-my.sharepoint.com...lOFZwN29NWmNzMWYrV1BEN05sWWhPSDhJUHZhK0txbz0= The photo is of 2 7/8 month old rams that have just been added to the ewe flock for this years joining.....T.O.R.

 

[The Old Ram-Australia]

The Creek movie will not work I dont think ,sorry .Let me know if anybody can solve it or messageme and I will email you the link...T.O.R.

 

[Mini Horses]

Good to hear from you!! We miss your updates

 

[SageHill]

Good to see you here again.

 

[Baymule]

You are right, the link doesn’t work. LOL the 2 new rams are handsome and look like they will be good additions to the flock.

A cyclone, not any fun but at least you are far enough away from getting any damage. The rain will help the grass.

 

[Ridgetop]

Glad to hear from you again.

 

[The Old Ram-Australia]

G'day and thanks everybody. Did anybody try the podcast link?

This week end will see something new for the program.A local lass who raises supermarket type lambs is going to try two of my selected rames over her ewes.This is a first for me because her family are a well respected sheep breeders in the district. So, Spring will be an exciting time for me on two fronts this year.

We are in for a very hot series of days in the coming week with temps over 90degrees for almost a week, which will cure all the recent green flush and set us up for winter, we are due for our first decent frost anytime now.

I will try to log on and send you news about the farm on a more regular basis....T.O.R.

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

I could not access the Sharepoint video. Get the following error:

does not exist in tenant 'Southern Highlands Landcare Network' and cannot access the application '00000003-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000'(Office 365 SharePoint Online) in that tenant. The account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant first. Sign out and sign in again with a different Azure Active Directory user account.