My Hobby Farm

13 Jan '07 4:42 pm

Alf has 50 years of experience working on many wild and cultivated plants in Australia. Now approaching retirement as a teacher, it is a natural progression for him to purchase and develop a hobby farm. He is developing a 5-acre hobby farm at outskirts of Melbourne 50 km from city center. Alf hopes to enjoy his lifelong passion for growing plants, especially fruit and vegetables. With the help of friends, Alf has also established an internet portal My Hobby Farm to share his ups and downs in his own piece of paradise.

As most of southern Australia has had below average rainfall in recent years, hobby farmers will have little chance of success without an effective water harvesting system. Alf writes in details the farming basics and the many Challenges. Other topics of interest such as crop reviews will be added. By web presence Alf hopes to share his hobby farming venture with the like-minded.

At the contact page he hopes to hear comments, suggestions or questions, thoughts or experiences from the virtual visitors of his farm.

14 Jan '07 8:10 am

looks like a great site. And I guess great sites can well be forgiven for advertising themselves a little impersonally! Bentan, lets hear some more from you!

26 Jan '07 1:30 pm

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the welcoming.

We think that this site is very informative. Most importantly it is so beautifully designed.

We will be back as often as possible.

26 Jan '07 6:52 pm

Hi, Benton!

Welcome to the site. I've been on here for a couple of months and I've found it really interesting and friendly! It's really nice to be able to share pictures and experiences with others of like mind who appreciate the efforts that we, as gardeners, go to develop our little spots of paradise. By the way, there are several teachers or former teachers here, not that we talk about it often. It's much more important (I think) to know and discuss our experiences with plants and pets!!

I hope we'll hear from you again soon!

-gordonf

My Hobby Farm

My Hobby Farm

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