Winter 2010
This seems more like winters that I remember from 20
or more years ago. we have had a series of cold fronts coming off the
southern ocean bring rain every few days. It has not been bitterly cold
(although we did have two very cold days just when we had to plant out a
shipment of 100 bare rooted grafted walnut trees - possibly the most
unpleasant days so far this winter!)
The ground is wet as far down as you want to dig and
it looks like a good Spring coming up.
About DeadHorseCreek
Dead Horse Creek is situated in a picturesque valley in
the southern foothills of Victoria's eastern ranges. We have enough
rainfall (about a metre a year in non-drought years) to remain green all through summer
and, with 2 permanent creeks, we manage to escape the Australian
archetype of the "Wide Brown Land" during summer.
We are surrounded by bush* on two sides and farms on
the other two (see Farm Photos).
With the bush to the south and east, we are protected
from the worst of the bushfire season with the prevailing wind pattern
in summer coming from the north and west, especially on hot days.
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