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.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Early signs that we were on the right track

This photo comes from our first attempt at rotational grazing - in the late 90s at "The Springs", our first 1000 acre block. All the farmers around us thought we were mad combining our mobs, and we did make a lot of mistakes. But we started to see results, even with only 6 paddocks (one of them 600 acres). The crappy side is our neighbour's, naturally.