Hamilton Acres Farm

04/07/2026

Here is a reflection on a couple of the things that have happened over the last month. Importantly Roland discovers whether it is crows or ravens that are stealing the chickens eggs.

Roland considers a few of the more interesting occurrences on Hamil...

25/06/2026

This is a Roland post.
Our tractor has a lot of fun bits: backhoe, post hole digger, slasher, grader, front end loader, and fork lift. We have a very small shed. I have been avoiding for a long time trying to work out how to get them in the shed. The "bits" have been stored under a tarp, you can see that in one of the photos. This morning I made the decission that they cannot stay there any longer. I did some Tetris work and I am getting them into the shed. I still have some bits to go but I am feeling a bit proud of myself for what I have achieved so far.

10/06/2026

Even though winter here is usually dry when it looks like this it feels cold. So it kind of helps create a sense that it is really winter. It was 16c-19c (61f-66f)

06/06/2026

When we first planted our permaculture beds we wanted to make sure we knew what we had planted where. Here we create that record:

24/05/2026

Kaylah and Roland sat down for their weekly chat a couple of weeks ago. It turned a little philosophical, had a little planning as usual, and one laugh out loud moment. I hope you can see how much they just love doing this together, even when life is busy and there are lots of other demands.

Kaylah and Roland have a conversation about the way the connection between Hamilton Acres Farm north of Brisbane, Queensland, and her flat in Canberra make f...

17/05/2026

Our efforts to create a more safe environments for hatchlings has led us to create a nursery coop. Here is Emmy and I putting it together and then doing a quick review of the Cost Way Walk in Poultry Cage.

Creating a safe space for our hatchlings has now become a focus. Here we are putting together a Nursery Coop and doing a brief review on it. That may help so...

10/05/2026

It has not been a full year since we began our experiment but effectively we have come to the end of the first season, so we're calling it a year's review. Here is a chance to see our evaluation of our successes and failures.

We are now at the point of evaluating our first year of effort to exand the productivitiy of Hamilton Acres Farm.

03/05/2026

The month of April has come and gone. Roland takes a moment to reflect on the blessing of living at Hamilton Acres Farm and to recap the videos from the past month:

Looking back on the month of April Roland realises again how special life on Hamilton Acres Farm really is.

28/04/2026

Roland has begun a series of videos on what he loves most about living at Hamilton Acres.

1 like. "Things I Love Part 1 The Flora"

26/04/2026

We have a dam on our property and it is pretty well unusable. Roland wanted to investigate it for a future project idea. This is a fun and funny video. Don't tell him what a dag he looks.

New Project - Refresh the Dam