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Good timing with a hazelnut delivery to @knightsri

Good timing with a hazelnut delivery to @knightsriverina. The making of award winning Choc-apricot and hazelnut Biscotti was in full production.
Mmmm.... one biscotti was missing 🤐🤭

#biscotti
#hazelnuts
#riverina
#supportlocalbusiness

Happy first day of spring Happy Father's Day Hap

Happy first day of spring
Happy Father's Day
Happy Wattle Day
Everyday is Bess Day

It's a thing.....Sprinter season. One day it's co

It's a thing.....Sprinter season.
One day it's cold, the next it's hot.

#springcreep
#wintertospring
#pruningtime

A very birdy morning. The Golden Whistler stole th

A very birdy morning. The Golden Whistler stole the show this morning even if he wouldn't come out from behind the wattle foliage. Volume up.

#goldenwhistler
#birdsonfarms
#snowyvalleys

Hazelnut trees have taken the modest approach when

Hazelnut trees have taken the modest approach when it comes to flower size. And, they are flowering now.

Scarlet Robins (female and male) waiting for any i

Scarlet Robins (female and male) waiting for any insects that might get disturbed while the berry bushes are pruned. They are listed in NSW as a threatened species.

1000's of stars and a glimpse of the Aurora Austra

1000's of stars and a glimpse of the Aurora Australis from the berry patch. Underfoot the frost has set in and it's -2°!
#auroraaustralis
#milkyway
#batlow
#snowyvalleys

We took a different tact with National Tree Day. P

We took a different tact with National Tree Day. Packaging up local native seed we collected on the farm over summer for customers. These species all belong to the pea family, otherwise known locally as 'eggs and bacon' shrubs. In effect, 1000's of future plants added to gardens, reserves, farms, restoration and conservation sites.

#nationaltreeday
#nativeseed
#bushpeas

How cute is this!! A Sugar Glider feeding (and hav

How cute is this!! A Sugar Glider feeding (and having a good scratch) in the Silver Banksia patch we planted over 10 years ago. It's the only local Banksia species for the area.

Our Weeping Snow Gums on a foggy Sunday.

Our Weeping Snow Gums on a foggy Sunday.

The wait is over! We now make hazelnut butter. 1

The wait is over!
We now make hazelnut butter.
100% roasted hazelnuts
100% from our farm.

These jars were chosen so you can get every bit out, even if it means sticking your fingers in there.

#hazelnutbutter
#vegan
#glutenfree
#eatlocalgrown
#snowyvalleys
#riverina

Downed tools and had our first ever visit to @cour

Downed tools and had our first ever visit to @courabyrawines up the road. There's the vineyard, wine and the sculptures to enjoy but a lot of thought and energy has also gone in to the gardens as well. It all added to the warm winters day atmosphere. We even found some hazelnut trees!

The food did not disappoint and of course we had to try the Chocolate Hazelnut tart with a hazelnut base. Next visit we hope the
Lime (or lemon) and Coconut tart will be on the menu to try.

Something new is on its way. The taste testers ha

Something new is on its way.
The taste testers have given the thumbs up. Bess the kelpie has given her 5 paw approval rating.
And, we are excited to bring you something that's simply nuts ...
100% from our farm.
Stay tuned for the reveal over the next week or two.

It's a cold moonless night with a very lazy breeze

It's a cold moonless night with a very lazy breeze from the snowy south east. No better time to rug up, go outside and check out all the stars and the Milky Way. It's also perfect astronomy conditions to find the galactic emu. A constellation used almost everywhere in Australian Aboriginal culture.

This time of the year the emu lies horizontal across the sky, representing the male sitting on eggs and traditionally a time for collecting eggs to eat.

#emuinthesky
#aboriginalastronomy
#milkyway
#snowyvalleys
#batlow

The chill hours across the farm this week.

The chill hours across the farm this week.

Black Shouldered Kite hunting for mice but the loc

Black Shouldered Kite hunting for mice but the local gang of magpies had other ideas.

Some of the small to medium sized native birds for

Some of the small to medium sized native birds foraging in the orchard during autumn leaf fall. Not all are easy to see or photograph!

#birdsonfarms
#hazelnutorchard
#batlow
#snowyvalleys

Still no rain for May unfortunately. Frosty morni

Still no rain for May unfortunately.
Frosty mornings make way for beautiful working days in the orchard though. Currently removing sucker growth from hazelnut trees while the sunny days are here. Warm days also mean the hazelnuts harvested this year are drying well in the shed. They are spread out on over 100 stacked beds to naturally dry.

In preparation for winter pollination work, male catkins are already developing.

When not in the orchard, we are continuing to fill hazelnut orders for our long term and new customers, local and interstate.

#hazelnutfarm
#australianhazelnuts
#batlow
#snowyvalleys

Finding some whopping big fat juvenile Eucalyptus

Finding some whopping big fat juvenile Eucalyptus leaves on the farm at present.
1 and 2 = Alpine Ash
3. Adaminaby Weeping Snow Gum

#eucalyptusleaves

Not much wind. Not much rain. Some lingering smoke

Not much wind.
Not much rain.
Some lingering smoke from distant burn offs

=
Not much fungi.
Many stunning sunsets.
Rich palette of autumn colour across the farm

#autumnleaves
#batlow
#snowyvalleys

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