Re-housing feral bee colony

  

 

At Gil's Place - NY Day

Another Birthday ...another bushwalk....just keep them coming.

 

 

 

We picked up two awards

A little late, but ...thank you to all of you who have shown concern for the damage done to our effort to restore the river on our place ...after the first stint of cleaning up the mess (we still have a lot to go) we went to a Forum in Sydney where we also were presented with an award for our work from the Greater Sydney Regional Local Land Services for our efforts in the category of "individual Landowner". There were four categories in all and we also picked up an award for "Community Group" on behalf of the Macdonald Valley Association. Vera is the Secretary of the MVA and Project Manager (on a voluntary basis) for their Arundo Project. She also formally established and convened the St Albans' Weed Wackers - the local Bush regeneration group. The Association does heaps of great restoration work along the Macdonald River and its great that it too was acknowledged for its efforts.

Dirty Work ...after 400 muddy tree guards you stop counting

St Albans Weed Wackers

New sign unveiled.

Vera sitting down to the Book Club discussion

Sculptor in residence

Apocalypse Cow

The lunch trolly

Another 200 trees in the ground

 Last autumn's plantings have grown taller than Vera

 A  mound of Arundo rhizomes ready to be burnt

 David makes a new track 

Small pile burns to stimulate native seeds in the soil

and prepare site for plantings

One site cleared of blackberry, Arundo and other weeds.

Vera and the Village Weed Wackers

Vera's stall at the local Easter Markets

January visitors

Ugo and Barbara from Tuscany visit again ...just after the Barcelona gang

 David talking solar power with students from Sydney Permaculture Institute

Vera talks to them about growing your own vegetables

The 2014 Convict100 Bike Ride

David & Vera get to marshall Convict100 Bike Ride

 at the best check point - 4th May 2014

Easter Market in St Albans

Vera getting the uniform dirty

Vera and crew after overnight shift

Vera's first day on duty

Some of our cattle on holidays across the river

Work recommences on chook palace

Vera & Maureen collect eggs