Many first-time farmers damage their pasture without realising it. Two simple grazing mistakes—poor pasture recovery and too many animals heading into winter—quietly undermine small farms. Here’s how to manage grazing so your land improves each season instead of sliding backwards.

Bunya Season marks the subtle shift between peak summer growth and preparation for cooler months. Guided by the rhythms of the bunya pine and seasonal pasture changes, it’s a time to observe the land, adjust grazing decisions and store feed for the seasons ahead.

Discover how the first frost signals Frosty Season and learn practical grazing strategies rooted in observation and natural seasonal rhythms.

Discover the essence of Peak-Summer Season—where nature dictates the rhythms of land and life.

A Different Kind of Christmas The holiday season is often a time of excess — busy schedules, overindulgence, and stress. But what if Christmas didn’t have to be about keeping up with traditions that feel overwhelming or superficial? What if we took a step back and made this holiday season a time for genuine connection, reflection, and intentional growth? In this article, we’ll explore practical steps to help you create a meaningful Christmas period, influenced by great thinke

What a great question. Rather than how do I get rid of (insert weed of choice) ask the question, what are weeds good for? What is this weed trying to tell us? When we are curious and ask better questions, we enable dynamic and critical thinking, uncovering richer, more relevant answers. Scotch Thistle Flower Wisdom from Grandpa Zerner Growing up on our family dairy farm, my Grandpa Zerner would comment that when we had a lot of Scotch Thistles, the next season would be a good

Once again, the jacarandas and silky oaks are in full bloom and the storm bird has arrived to sing his haunting song. Our western four seasons, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring, don’t do justice to the subtle, but significant changes through the year. So, for a number of years now I’ve been calling this the Jacaranda Storm Season. It is both warm enough, so that if we do get storms, our tropical grasses will have a good chance of starting to grow. And everyday that goes by i

We recently attended Kandanga Farm Store’s Agvention field day where we listened to a great range of speakers in the regen ag space. We also attended the Scenic Rim Agricultural Expo where I spoke about the huge complexity of farming; growing grass, animal requirements, restoring the landscape, management decisions and direction, all the while trying to stay safe. And this doesn’t even consider the things outside of our control like extremes in weather, government regulations

I recently was chatting with friends on acreage just outside of Brisbane. One of their challenges is their horses keep most of the grass short, with some bare patches starting to appear and on other areas the grass is tall and rank. This is a common challenge for small landholders, and it doesn’t matter what animals we are grazing, whether it be horses, a couple of cows or a handful of sheep or goats. How do we look after our animals as well as looking after our land? Working