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Posts Tagged Farm life

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LADDIE; THE DEAREST OLD DOG

On February 25, 2023   /   Blog   /   4 Comments
Tags: Farm Dogs, Farm life, Kelpies, Laddie, social history
LADDIE; THE DEAREST OLD DOG

Laddie is the dog that shared my Tasmanian childhood. He was a black Kelpie, well mostly Kelpie anyway. My father usually called him ‘Boy’. Oddly enough, this was the same term of endearment he used for his children, including my sister and me. 😎 Here is dear

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‘BEAN’ THERE; DONE THAT!

On April 30, 2015   /   History   /   13 Comments
Tags: Bean crops, Bean picking, Farm life, Fat Hen, Tasmanian agriculture, Tasmanian bushfires 1967, Ulverstone
'BEAN' THERE; DONE THAT!

My father planted  his first commercial crop of beans  on our farm near Ulverstone on the north-west coast of Tasmania, in 1958.  Initially we grew  just a couple of acres,  without the benefit of irrigation.  We picked the crop four or five times over, struggling to fill 

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