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Sunshine, rain and lots of grass

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.

Frosty Days

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

Good bye, sweet summer

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

Summer greetings

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

Welcome to 2024

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.
A wooden box (trap) with label next to a tree stump in the grass.

Keeping predators at bay

Pukeatua farmstay has 12 traps spread around the buildings and the paddocks. Every 2nd day they need checking for any caught rats or hedgehogs.
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 made space for Summer

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

Spring is ramping up

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

Trap maintenance time

Pukeatua Farmstay has a number of various mechanical traps and bait station spread around the property.
Foggy and rainy valley

Mixed bag weather – it must be spring

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.
Wom standing in the water in the paddock

February was more exciting than needed

February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.
A bunch of alpacas, all but one thin necks and little bodies other than one brown alpaca in the front, being fluffy and puffy

It’s almost February

The month is almost over and has been rather eventful. From rain to sunshine to torrential rain again and alpaca shearing in between.

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