Lizzie is staying for a couple of days so we did a few jobs. Pulled down a fence above the house and moved the bits up to the round paddock ready to reassemble. We also got a trailer load of alpaca poo and straw from the alpaca shed and mulched around the box hedge near [...]

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April 2008
Forestry have been clearing forest and burning off around Paradise. Been quite smokey here for a few days. Doing their bit for global warming.

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
  - George Orwell

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Had Sharon and her mum Anne stay for 5 days. They helped make chicken wire cages for the trees and we planted two boxes of bulbs around the front gate. I also put two liquidambar trees along the road just before our gate.

Marc and I made a comical attempt to clip Gordon’s toenails. Got the [...]

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Something has biten the top off a few of our trees. We’ve been told it’s probably hares. I’m going to make chicken wire cages for them. Already got 12 done and will try to get the rest done before the weekend. Only need 50 thus far because they’re not eating the liquidambars…yet.
“It does not matter [...]

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Went to the Wychwood Apple Tasting day at Mole Creek today. Very busy display. Had a good look around the garden for more ideas and techniques for espalier. They had some lovely garden tools there too - http://www.digadoo.com.au/
Bought an Acer Clissifolium - a rare maple, slow growing, probably put it in the top right corner.

Weeded [...]

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