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A sad day on the farm

15 November 2019
ducks, farm, night, rats, rescue, trapping

Today was a sad day at Pukeatua Farmstay. We had to say goodbye to Peekie, our female Buff Orpington Duck. She was all well last night and this morning we found her in a corner of the duck run. She must have died overnight.

Summer on its way and so nice outside

3 November 2019
bbq, christmas, farm, flowers, food, garden, grass, land, night, sea, sun, sunrise, weather

Spring soon will turn into summer and the weather during the day is already so awesome.

Automowers at work

25 August 2019
baby, birds, box, family, farm, grass, house, life, rescue, rusty, shady, weather

The weather has not been too amazing over the last couple of weeks.

Digging for winter :-)

20 April 2019
building, digger, drainage, dry, event, family, farm, flooding, forest, house, kids, land, rain, valley, water, weather, winter

Not that we lost winter in a hole, but the valley got so soggy over the years that we used the still good autumn weather to dig drainage in preparation for the wet winter time.

Maintenance day

26 January 2019
family, farm, food, joey, kids, land, mud, naughty, picnic, tree, valley

We made use of the long weekend – yes, it’s Auckland Anniversary weekend – and did some farm maintenance.

Kitten pile

30 September 2018
farm, kitten, life, night, silver

Silver gave birth to 3 beautiful kittens very early on Saturday morning, so yesterday was a very slow day here on our little farm after a very short night with Ms Silver’s new arrivals.

Random images of farm beauty

13 March 2018
animals, detail, farm, fencing, water

A walk down the hill and saying hello to all the animals can be a really healthy exercise and you can discover the odd cool things when you look at details: fence wire knots

Calf Diary 2017

22 October 2017
agnes, farm, kids, school

Every year our daughter’s school holds an agricultural day, where the children have to raise a farm animal and show it at school. Jolan has created a video diary about her calf Agnes. I think she’s done an awesome job with her idea, have a look and enjoy. You’ll be in for a laugh.

Life comes, life goes

13 October 2017
cheetah, ducklings, farm, hatching, life, loss of life

We will me missing our cat Cheetah.

Letterbox to match the building

12 December 2016
box, building, farm

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

Calf Diary 2016

30 October 2016
cheeky, family, farm, kids, school

Every year our daughter’s school holds an agricultural day, where the children have to raise a farm animal and show it at school. Jolan has created a video diary about her calf Cheeky. I think she’s done an awesome job with her idea, have a look and enjoy.

Our bobby calves are growing

8 October 2015
farm, grass, land, life, nature, outdoor, scenery

Bobby calves are growing and enjoying life

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