Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
 Under the shade of a coolibah tree, 
 He sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
 You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me Inspired by the poem, using myself as a model, I built one.  Follow this link to YouTube   Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
 You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me
 He sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,  you'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me. I guess being a farmer, even a small time farmer you quickly learn a lot of skills, you become practical, if thats even possible, or were you always that way? Concreting is second nature to me now, mix the stuff, reinforce it some how inside, let it dry. Not that difficult really. Soaking clothes in concrete then getting them onto a wire dummy, not so easy. Creating a life like face with eyes, well that is something again.  I'm never really happy with anything I do, always finding little bits I could do better but 2 weeks afte...

Some spinach can loose 90% of it’s nutritional value within 24 hours of picking. The term paddock to plate as far as I can see is just some chefs with their heads up their own bums trying to convince people their food is fresh – “more seasoning you bloody idiot, where is the salt you fool”, that’s because the produce has already lost it’s flavour.  Now I’m not a scientist I’m just a farmer these days who likes to read what scientists whom study stuff about farming have found. Following is my quick summation, main sources listed below.  Many articles with actual scientific data are from the US where methods of getting food from California to the supermarkets in New York then into the fridges of consumers has been studied.  After harvesting  plants continue to ‘live’ or  ‘breathe’ and that process is called respiration.  This process is the breakdown of materials such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins that leads to a loss of...