Category: Weather

Closeup of some flowers
“If you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes.” Spring came with beautiful warm and sunny days, storm, hail, rain and sunshine in between. It was cold and a few hours later warm again and vice versa.
Cows steaming in the cold air against the sunlight
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 and okay from a mud perspective.
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
View into the valley with lots of fog on the ground, only hills and trees sticking out.
The days have become short and cold, with some frosty mornings. Luckily, so far winter has not been as wet as last years.
A picture full of little red tomatoes
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.
Front picture of a brown cow in a paddock with blurry trees in background
Half of January is over, and you be wondering what we have been up to.
Long table with lots of food on it and lots oof people looking into the camera smiling
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.
View across a lush green paddock with a house in the midground and sunset with lots of paddocks and forest behind in the background
Spring came and went, Summer took over without much changing. It’s still raining every other day and the sun shines intermittently. But on the bright side that has made all the grass grow.
Pohutukawa tree with bright red flowers
The weather is getting warmer, the mud on the ground has disappeared, the grass has been growing lots, making animals and people are happy.
Two wooden tunnel traps with open lids
Pukeatua Farmstay has a number of various mechanical traps and bait station spread around the property.
Foggy and rainy valley
September came and marked the beginning of spring. Two days prior however it was the coldest night of the year with frost on the car windscreen.