Diary of a Carbon Farmer

This is the diary of an Australian family who escaped from the city, joined a farming community, and learned to love soil. Carbon Farming is about growing soil carbon - the first link in our food chain. The topsoil is where God's creation is taking place, at every moment. Carbon is the building block of life. By growing it we can restore ecosystems to health. At the same time we can remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as Carbon in the soil.

Monday, February 13, 2006

Dogs' day out...

The puppies born to Patch and Ravi (we think), our two sheep dogs, have been venturing out from beneath tank stand (we moved them out of the stables because of the heat - 48°C some days...)

Chengerai, the Rhodesian Ridgeback, is an ‘auntie’. She mothers the pups although she’s never had a litter herself. She is top dog in the pack, despite her age.

Already we’ve had two expressions of interest in the pups from local farmers who want a working dog to train up.

They are handsome little dogs and yelp for their food. We have started feeding them tinned cat food as a supplement to their mother’s milk. She’s lost interest in them already.