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Eastern banjo frog at Moffitts Farm

Butterfly feeds in the pasture

Koalas return to the property 20 years after planting manna gums

More and more species of birds keep coming to Moffitts Farm. The diversity in the food web must attract them.

Echidnas wander all over Moffitts Farm and turn up in unexpected place even in the cottage garden.

The fruiting body of fungi, toadstools, are another important indicator or high levels of labile carbon in the soil. At Moffitts Farm they emerge in all shapes and sizes, while hyphae can be seen surrounding the roots of perennial grasses.

There is no better indicator of the presence of plentiful labile carbon (organic matter) in pastures than earthworms. They can be picked up in surface litter when moisture conditions are right such as in the 2011/12 summer.

The diversity of frog species continues to increase on Moffitts Farm.

The diversity of frogs continues to increase on Moffitts Farm. They turn up in the most unexpected places.

Summer walks around Moffitts Farm are even more rewarding with forest brown butterflys everywhere.

Despite apparent declining numbers of koalas in the nearby Macedon Ranges, some koalas now call Moffitts Farm home.

The implications of holistic grazing management and allowing grasses to set seed is impressively demonstrated by pasture spiders. They spin webs to catch prey, become prey for wasps and web is used by some birds to line nests.

The implications of holistic grazing management and allowing grasses to set seed is impressively demonstrated by pasture spiders. They spin webs to catch prey, become prey for wasps and web is used by some birds to line nests.