Joel Salatin coming to Albury

You might have seen him in the movie "Fresh". You may have read about him and his 'Polyface Farm' in Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma. Or perhaps you noted his tour last year with RegenAG (which included a presentation that aired on ABC's  Big Ideas). In their words:

"Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms is a world-leading example of how a small family farm can become an extremely diverse and profitable Local Food producer, and how the benefits of Local Food Systems can create resilience, stability and abundance for both local farmers and the wider community."

- RegenAG website

Now the National Environment Centre at Thurgoona and the North East Catchment Management Authority (NECMA) have teamed up to host Joel Salatin in Albury for a one-day workshop on Monday August 8th.

 

Tickets are $38.50 per person for the all-day event, including lunch. 

 

Word is the tickets are selling like hotcakes. More details and the booking form can be found here.

Granya glory

Thought you might enjoy this postcard-like picture from Lake Hume. The trees on the opposite hillside were nearly clearer in the reflection on the lake, than looking at the hill itself!

Over the Queen's birthday long weekend (yes, over a month ago) we took a drive to Granya. A friend of my sister had inherited some beekeeping gear he didn't have a use for. We collected it, with a view to sharing it with others if we can use it, or finding another use (or at least recycling it) if it is beyond that. 

On the way home we were pulled over by a boy in blue (we presume he was a Tallangatta-based cop) who was just checking we had a legitimate reason for carting gear around the countryside on a long weekend. Good to see neighbourhood watch in action! He threw in a licence check and asked Build-It Bloke to blow into the bag ... both of which were no drama, of course!

Hail!

The Border Mail reported that hail 'lashed' East Albury this week, and a commenter on their website thought their language was a bit strong. But perhaps the hail was very localised?

Build-It Bloke was working less than a kilometre from our place and said they got hardly any. While the hailstones were only small (about pea-sized perhaps?), the Little House on the Hill copped a fair dose and it did make a racket as it hit the roof and paving. It was quite intense, albeit for just five minutes. The gutters were overfilled seemingly at once, creating an effect like white curtains had been hung from all the eves and verandahs.

Here's how things looked shortly afterwards.