WHEN WE WORK WITH NATURE:

WARNING:

A Segment of Success, where yes, some of the images are bold [naked]

Nature is exposed, exposed to many challenges of negative manipulation.

So we too as humans, must also be bold and brave enough to play our part.

Starting small doesn't mean innefective as all big changes have started with small.

Make the start at home, with a change in attitude, then enhance the plan with action.

Doing nothing is a human fraility, if continued it, normally results in death of the plan.

"CANDLES and WHISPERS" the peaceful and supreme language of mother nature.

Even after much abuse, you will find she is a forgiving soul, forever looking to improve.

"The language of "Candles and Whispers" is a silent communication to the human ears.

If we take the time to stop and listen ,solutions are made possible in such a gentle way

To accept we are but a minor cog in the wheel of sustainability, we understand the words

No longer fighting the unwinnable, releases the soul to a shared zone of ultimate success"

Hamish Holcombe 2024

WE ROAM TOGETHER ON THIS LAND IN OUR NATURAL STATE.

STORIES OF THE COMBINATION OF NATURE WITH MANKIND.  

NO MAN NOR BEAST NOR FLORA/ FAUNA SHOULD SEPARATE,

CASE STUDY ONE:

URBAN

WHEN WE WALK WITH NATURE THE BATTLE IS WON

SUPREME HORTICULURAL QUALITY ON A BIG CITY DOORSTEP

TRUST NATURES PATH TO LEAD THE WAY

CASE STUDY TWO:

LIVESTOCK OVINE:

"SUCCESS IS SO POSSIBLE WHEN WE PLAN IN OUR MINDS TO DO IT RIGHT"

A GRASS JOURNEY FROM BARE MONOCULTURE TO THRIVING MULTI-SPECIES GROUND COVER WITH HEALTHY LIVESTOCK.

BARE STARTING POINT

THE GOAL 'Healthy Product from Healthy Animals'

THE PLANNING With the combination of bare natures gifts available for free.

ALL ACTIONS START WITH THE ESSENTIAL PLANNING STAGE----

ALL INHABITANTS, SAME LEVEL-TO LIVE AND BREATH AS ONE

ALL RELIANT ON CAREFUL MANAGEMENT OF RAIN AND THE TOP SIX INCHES OF SOIL.

WHEN BALANCE IS RIGHT, MICRO ORGANISMS AND SPIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT

Essential Indicator Tool: GROUND COVER

 'Grass budgeting’ – measuring ground cover with number of different grasses to time stock movements and moves sheep based on the amount of ground cover available in each paddock.

How many species of grasses, how much bare ground is visible and resting of paddocks.

Healthy grasses out-compete unproductive plants through healthy rest times.”

Time Control Grazing System, the power of good grazing management, first focus on subdivision

based on soil types to promote greater grazing potential as livestock priorotise sweeter grasses.

Healthy soil = healthy plants = healthy livestock = healthy product = healthy people

FROM THE PADDOCK TO THE PRODUCT OF QUALITY

YOU CAN ALWAYS SMELL HEALTH EVEN IF YOU KNOW LITTLE ABOUT PRODUCT

JUST MEMBERS OF THE FLOCK, DEPENDENT ON ONE ANOTHER

 ‘Four Sources of Sustainability’:

-              Human – manipulation can be good or bad

-              Mineral – minerals from healthy soils

-              Energy – sunlight

-              Water – absorption through healthy plants.

"THE HUMAN LINK NEEDS TO DO OUR BIT TOO"

CASE STUDY THREE

LIVESTOCK BOVINE

AGRICULTURE:

The only industry that actually "produces"

There are plenty who claim such a status, when in truth they are miners of past laid base resources.

Agriculture stands alone as true production force.

Sitting high above the pretenders that mine resource

Enabled by the right people on the ground

Please meet ‘Maddy Hayward’ a gem I found.

Four walls are not the go for this girl.

Works better with animals of the world.

People rarely, ‘what you see is what you see’

Animal world Less complicated and ego free.

Truth essential, not a glamour job if that is you.

More suited to those getting off their bum to do.

Hard work ethic missing, some prepared to shirk.

Maddy, a Longreach girl, will show you how to work.

Bad days are not easy, so wait for tomorrow to show.

Rewards they come a plenty for those who have a go.

Money is good! And nature, a connection of pure gold.

When you and nature join, your efforts are joy to behold

Health plan simple, “Keepem fat and happy”

Quick veterinary care when they are crappy.

Rotational movements for grass always fresh.

Keeps worms at bay, reducing all health stress.

Livestock are not dumb or simple, very easy in fact to train.

People are harder to convince about what we see as plain.

Just takes time and patience to clear some fog in their brain.

To enable frail human mind to maximise god's gift of rain.

EACH DAY AFTER THE MORNING DEW

PEOPLE ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LAND-NOT ABOVE-NOT BELOW

OPPORTUNITY FOR ENERGY TO RENEW

WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING

KEEPING ON THROUGH DUST OR THRIVING GREEN

Inspired every day to live and work on the land of production, one must possess a positive energy that no matter the obstacles of yesterday, you have a renewed optimistic view of your goal.

Every day at the break of dawn, the likes of Maddy Hayward front up, follow their plan doing their best to achieve a vision of working with nature, for a sustainable future for next generation.

THE COMMON THEME OF SUCCESS is GASP

1.      GOAL of direction on which they sometimes stumble, only to stand up again to keep going.

2.      ALARM CLOCK to get out of bed in the morning, every morning, there is.no time to waste

3.      STICK-TO-IT-NESS, when the times get tough.

4.      PATIENCE, to give time a chance

A young Australian doing her bit to successfully work with nature.

Big reward gains all start with a collective of small steps combined.

MADDY'S MISSION STATEMENT: In her own words.

“Down south on the cold,wet, windy yet sometimes dry plains of a little place called Padthaway, a coupla ringers trying their best.

Now between the wet,the dry, having lots of a feed and sometimes having bareley any at all.

3500 head of cattle all relying on us to answer the call.

While it mightn’t be everyone’s cuppa tea for us mob we take great pride in what we do,

From calving to weaning, AI’ing, testing big ol’ bullocks, keeping fences high an tight, making sure the waters flowing far an wide, helping first time mums get the right idea,

Don’t forget meeting characters along the way which is what makes this adventure so great.

"Of course just like any other job we have long, hard, tough doubtful days, nonetheless the pride we get when we shake someone’s hand an say"

“I’m just a ringer mate” really is nothing short of great.

Maddy Hayward 2024

WHEN THE BALANCE IS RIGHT THE BENEFITS FLOW IN A BIG CIRCLE FOR ALL

A FERTILE ECOSYSTEM TRANSLATE DIRECTLY TO A FERTILE BIRTH CYCLE