It appeared that large amounts of different types of clover had been spread around the farm along with the essential superphosphate during Torsten’s reign. Clover needs phosphorus to enable it to fix nitrogen from the air and thus fertilise the soil. Creewah soils are very nitrogen deficient even though the Acacias/wattles and the many types of native peas try hard to address that problem. Torsten had used contractors to supply and spread the superphosphate but the amounts supplied and spread didn’t match. Either Torsten had been ripped off or there was a large pile of superphosphate lying idle on the property somewhere.
While wandering I had been interested in a blue tarpaulin attached tightly over a small hillock in the Mountain Paddock but hadn’t been interested enough to poke under it till now. It was the un-spread superphosphate, several $100 worth. I was overjoyed. This gave me an excuse to learn to use the super-spreader on the tractor.
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