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Last night was equinox – a good reason to have a bonfire and celebrate with our guests and some friends.

We have been using the good weather over the last two days for maintenance and weed spraying outside. I could not initially find our cows. They were hiding in a corner behind the manuka trees.

After some hints from the trapping community that possums seem to like carrots, we prepped a trap with a piece of carrot as well.

Auckland stays peaceful during the holiday exodus as farm life continues. Time off work means tackling essential fence repairs and dealing with cheeky goats testing boundaries.

Discover the essentials of rural grocery shopping – from emergency bird feed runs to visiting farming supply stores like Helensville Farmlands and PGG in New Zealand.

Discover how New Zealand’s first queen yellow-legged hornet detection is prompting locals to build DIY wasp traps to protect honeybees and crops from this invasive threat.

There was nothing extraordinary to write about this winter, really. It’s not been too wet and not too dry, neither too cold or too warm. We had a few frosty nights and a few pretty rainy days but all in all it was reasonably warm…

Feels like summer was just happening. Winter started off beautifully with warm days and sunshine over the long King’s birthday weekend.

The days have become short and cold, with some frosty mornings. Luckily, so far winter has not been as wet as last years.

Summer has come to an official end, and one can tell. The nights are getting colder, the fog in the morning gets more, although beautiful to watch.

Half of January is over, and you be wondering what we have been up to.

Bring on the challenges, 2024. It won’t always be easy, there may be hard work, there may be tears, but we will grow stronger together.