Lately

the most pressing issue has been weed control. As I mentioned earlier, last year Ray cut down hundreds of scotch thistles by hand, loaded them into the trailer and burned the lot. This year he got a new helper - a brushcutter!




Every fortnight since September Ray has been waging war on the weeds, concentrating on the scotch thistles with amazing dedication! Due to our no chemical policy, he's taken on a large task. The weeds have been beaten this year - they try to keep flowering and therefore setting seed, but they are weakening. However, that's only this year! Next year all the seeds that have been set from previous years will germinate and the whole process will start again. What's that saying.. "one year's seeds = seven years weeds.." Yikes.