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After almost months of no rain and hardly any grass growth, we finally have some rain. Some. I guess it may be classified as another 1:50 years storm of which we should be prepared to have more, more

Since we only have a horse float that I probably would not be able to get back up the hill (I have never tried but don’t want to), I just loaded Mary’s boot up with the firewood. Note: Mary is our 4×4, everything with motor…

Some childhood dream became true on Wednesday : Rusty arrived from Tauranga. Such a lovely character, not shy but gentle, a bit droopy looking

As summer really turned into summer, we decided that it was time for another paddock pick-nick. So we grabbed the pizza, the wine and the kids and went down to the pond in the valley. Not long until we had nosy visitors that were very…

The kids adore him and he is not scared but is growing well. He is the only one left our of three that we found originally. But he’s growing strong and eats well – and very loudly so. The kids feed him and look after…

Things you don’t expect to find on your gumboots… biggest stick insect I’ve seen to date

Just wanting to share an image from the end of a lovely and productive weekend. Shady’s seem to have caught fire.

After a long time of thinking, designing and making I’ve finally finished and installed our new Pukeatua letterbox… made from the same macrocarpa cladding that we’ve used to build the Farmstay

I have been listening to that cow in distress now since yesterday afternoon, all night through and had a walk down the valley this morning to make sure it wasn’t ours.

Spring is back again and so is the beautiful weather and sunshine.

Spring has sprung but it would appear that it has temporarily left us.

The spring grass has grown, the alpacas and cows are happy!