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It’s been reasonably warm, sometimes even hoy during the sunny days. But suddenly, and it appeared like that happened overnight, the warm nights turned cold. As in 6° C during the nights. And even the temperature during the day almost halved.

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when farm animals get bored, let me introduce you to Caramilk, the most entertaining cow on the farm.

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.

“Silver Shadow” is her full name, typically just called “Silver”, and she is the queen of the house. She is an excellent model and she goes beyond the typical cat posing characteristics.

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

The goats decided to go through the fenced off area with shrubs and decimate them. No good. Turns out, the poly wires were too old and did not work any more as they should.

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 sun has been more prevalent and the odd shower has helped all plants to grow a lot. It’s nice to see so much fresh green in various shades

The weather is getting warmer, and the days are stretching out longer, giving us more daylight to enjoy. The rain is slowly becoming less frequent, making way for sunnier skies.

He looks like a deer from the distance, he’s fluffy and friendly, but he’s a naughty escape artist who typically is to be found on the wrong side of the fence.