fencing – Pukeatua Farmstay

Drylands – no rain in sight

30 January 2022
dry, fencing, grass, kaipara, land, rain, sun, sunset, water, weather

We have not seen much rain in more than 2 months now but rather hot, sunny weather with wind. Both dries out the land, particularly the hillsides facing the Kaipara where the wind blows from and which the hot afternoon sun hits.

Alpaca maintenance day

3 July 2021
animals, building, christmas, farm, fencing, grass, people, shelter, walking

Saturday was the day of the bi-annual alpaca maintenance

Time to head out before the bad weather

18 August 2020
drainage, farm, fencing, fire, firewood, grass, house, rain, scenery, sky, sun, valley, weather

Time to head into the valley and do some paddock maintenance. Checking fences and gates, continued to dig a drainage trench, checked up on the alpacas and moos, mowed some swamp grass and sprayed some other areas of swap grass. Chopped some firewood, loaded up the trainer and brought it back up to the house to keep us warm over the next couple of days.

A break from the rainy weather

21 July 2020
animals, family, farm, fencing, kids, land, rain, scenery, valley, water, weather, winter

First day in a long time without rainy weather, so we went down into the valley for fixing things, moving things and play things.

There’s always one…

18 March 2018
fencing, joey

They hang around, don’t go too far away from their herd and very easily follow you back into the paddock after you opened the gate for them.

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

A day outside – fencing and cuddling cows

6 November 2016
animals, cuddling, fencing, sun, weather

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

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