The Moringa Farm Chronicles

Chapter 14 – Life, Barmies and Chicken Armies

It has been a few weeks since I last wrote about our farming life. It is not that I have been slack. OK, well maybe a bit slack. But it’s...

Chapter 13 - Welcome to Chookrassic Park

Owning a farm has proven to be challenging, exciting, frustrating and rewarding all at the same time. There is something about having the knowledge and ability to grow your own...

Chapter 12 - The Cookhouse and The Clown Show

It feels like a constant fight at the moment trying to overturn this FSANZ ruling preventing Moringa from being sold for human consumption. My time seems to be divided between...

Chapter 11 - Goats, Government and General Mayhem

With the new rules and legislation not allowing Moringa to be sold for human consumption anymore, I have to try to diversify into other areas of farming. On pen and...

Chapter 10 - Fences, Fur and Freedom

Now we have goats, chickens and dogs, it’s time to look into the next keystone of farming work. Fence building. Surely, this one can’t be too difficult. There are already...

Chapter 9 - Rules, Red Tape and Reality

I was about halfway writing the original Chapter 9 for the Moringa Farm Chronicles, but something pretty big has come up and I think it needs the coverage more. It’s...

Chapter 8 - Growing Moringa for Dummies

It’s about time I wrote about the actual growing of Moringa and other items around the farm that have been pushed through droughts, floods and being watered by hand. Growing...

Chapter 7 - It's a Long road

After the 200mm of rain a couple of weeks ago, I figured it was time to look into fixing the roads and some of the overgrowth that has taken off....

Chapter 6 - What a Dam Problem

It feels like only yesterday I was whinging about no rain and having no water at all. Having to carry buckets of water to the Moringa plants. Creating makeshift hoses...

Chapter 5 - Paint, Plumbing and Poor Judgement

I’ve watched a season of The Block before, so I am an armchair expert when it comes to house renovations. I mean, how hard could it be, really? The contestants...