08/12/2026
We have been on this farm for 10 years and this is a first!
Our catchment pond has officially dried up. Three years of D3 drought has finally caught up with the ability of this pond to sustain itself.
We had planted some willows last year along the pond boundary and reeds grow wild within her waters. We were fencing off most of the pond to let it go “wild” to allow the banks to grow up with brushy plant species, so our local wildlife would feel more at home around its edges, instead of having a bare eroding landscape around it. But sometimes Mother Nature has different plans and all we can do is patiently wait on her for the right conditions for certain transformations to take place.
Rain will come again! 🌧️ 🙌
