Calendar Spring starts September first, but of course celestial or real Spring, the Vernal Equinox, is more like the 20th. It's been a brutal end to Winter and start to Spring here, with constant rain, low temperatures and very high winds. Our cattle, our veggie gardens, our orchard and we are hanging out for a change in the weather; warmer days, our seasonal grass flush to start packing weight onto the cattle and a change in the veggie patch. The dams are now full but the ground will dry out, grass will really take off and the veggie gardens will shift from brassicas - brussel sprouts, cauliflowers, kale and cabbages - to peas, spinach, fennel carrot, and squashes. The fruit trees have set blossom and will start to grow fruit, the stone fruit first.

We are however still feeding the cattle as we wait for the seasonal pasture flush, and the sound of the tractor and my c'mon c'mon brings everyone running. We are looking forward to the warm, the growth and our beautiful Gippsland green.