River Crisis VLOG #3

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This time I expose the secret life of teachers on holidays, Kayak and Bike the Yarra River near Mount Lofty, attend the speckle park sale at the Royal Show, update on our results in the Steer Comp and feed some of the Goats.

Chicken Feeder made out of PVC Pipe

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Make a no spill chicken feeder out of 90mm storm pipe, an end plug, step down adaptor and a 45 degree elbow for around 10 dollars. Sure beats the mess made by birds eating out of old style hanging feeders. These can also be mounted to anything using some wire or a downpipe clip. Please don’t forget to subscribe!

Goat Birth

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Birth of Boer Goat kids on the farm.

Fencing Knots 3 The Strainer or speed Knot

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How to tie the strainer knot. Used to join wire together when using chain strainers. Handy when constructing or repairing a fence and you don’t want to use expensive gimmicks. This is the third video in a three part series on fencing knots. The first video can be found here; https://youtu.be/qohPK7b0MqE Buy Chain Strainers Here https://amzn.to/2KvR8lf Buy Pliers https://go.magik.ly/ml/e365/

Fencing Knot 2 – The Figure 8

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How to tie the figure 8 knot. Used to tie slack wire together when constructing or repairing a fence. This is the second video in a three part series on fencing knots. The first video can be found here; https://youtu.be/qohPK7b0MqE Buy chain strainers here https://amzn.to/2KvR8lf

Fencing Knot 1 – End or termination Knot

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First of three videos showing how to tie up and strain a fence without needing expensive gimmicks. All you need are a good set of strainers and some pliers. The second Video can be found here; https://youtu.be/b_76dtX1tUU

How to Open a Feed Bag

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Very short Video showing how to open a feed bag with one quick cut

The Truckies Hitch

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How to tie the truckies hitch, including securing the load and safety.

Fencing

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How to tie and end knot, then strain a fence and tie off the tensioned wire using a knot. Allows the construction of a fence using no crimps or gripples.

Cane Pruning Basics

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How to select canes and prune wine grapes using Vertical Shoot Positioned (VSP) Cane Pruning.

Sharpening Secateurs

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Secateurs work best when sharpened and cared for. Short video on the basics of caring for this tool.

Orchard Modifications

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Interview with Fred Gaudion, retired fruit grower from Wandin in Victoria. Fred takes us through a modern orchard system and discusses some of the changes that have occurred over his time in the industry.

Creating a Column Chart with Google Sheets

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Creating a column chart from a table of data. Demonstrates how to set up a table for graphing, averaging of trial data and then how to exclude data from the final chart, as well as a walk around for problems with X axis labels.

Charts in Google Sheets

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Short Video How to lay out data and insert a chart using the chart tool in Google Sheets

Cattle Crisis – NO BULL! VLOG #2

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This week I go to cattle handlers camp, decide to spend more time doing less and take a photo of a great old shed to celebrate the beauty of the everyday. The mid-life crisis continues!