by tania@decantdigital.com | May 29, 2022 | Environmental Projects, Sustainable Farming Practices
ANCIENT PADDOCK TREES Those amazingly large trees you see dotted across farming landscapes? They are the remnants of formerly treed landscapes cleared for grazing and cropping. Some of the largest scattered trees you see in paddocks are hundreds of years old. These...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Feb 20, 2022 | Sustainable Farming Practices
NOT JUST REGENERATIVE FARMERS Many ask us if we are Regenerative Farmers. We find this term problematic, and in fact, we find most terminology problematic. We find it problematic because, from experience, when we answer “Yes”, we often get the response, “Oh good”, and...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Oct 30, 2021 | Sustainable Farming Practices
INCREASING INTEREST IN FOOD PROVENANCE Over the last couple of years, thanks to many popular books and TedTalks, podcasts, newspaper articles and television programs, we have noticed an increased interest, by even non-farmers, in various grazing strategies. This is a...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Aug 22, 2021 | Environmental Projects, Sustainable Farming Practices
TYPES OF THISTLES During the first couple of years at Highfield, we learned a lot about thistles – we had to, there were just so many of them. “Are there different types of thistles?”, I hear you ask. “Aren’t they all just Scotch Thistles?” Ah, no is the short...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Oct 13, 2020 | Sustainable Farming Practices
PLEASE DON’T LABEL US I like Permaculture. I really do. I bought and read the manuals written by Mollison and Holmgren back in the 70s when they came out (showing my age…). I read them and dreamed of the day I would have a patch of land. I liked the drawings and...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Nov 2, 2019 | Environmental Projects, Sustainable Farming Practices
ABUNDANCE OF BIRD LIFE DIVERSITY We are delighted to host here at Highfield the most incredible bird diversity. As at November 2019, we have identified 129 different bird species here, many of which are threatened species. [Update 10/11/19 – Black-eared cuckoo – 130....
