rusty – Pukeatua Farmstay

Fly free ‘The Real Slim Shady’

27 March 2023
animal, background, cheeky, death, family, farm, forest, horse, rainbow, rusty, shady, water

Shady our little Bush Pegasus has peacefully crossed the rainbow bridge today. We are so glad he was able to go gracefully and peacefully with all of us and his best mate Rusty by his side.

February was more exciting than needed

1 March 2023
animal, cat, cylone, farm, fire, flooding, house, land, life, mud, muriwai, people, rain, rusty, valley, weather, winter, ziggy

February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.

A goat ending story

30 September 2022
accident, animal, family, farm, goat, la, life, rusty, scenery, vet

How do you transport a goat that does not want to lay down, is somewhat hyperactive (on three legs) and takes interest in everything?

Springtime again and lovely weather

26 September 2021
box, egg, farm, flowers, friend, insect, land, nature, outdoor, rain, rusty, scenery, winter

It’s so nice to get outside between rain break. The weather has been warming up over the the last days and we are getting 20 deg during the day.

Quiet times

12 May 2020
animal, baking, dry, duck, duckling, egg, family, farm, feed, food, forest, grass, land, mushrooms, people, rain, rusty, sea, shady, sun, sunrise, tree, valley, water, weather

While we had no guests, have not been out to see any people and had no coffee other than the home made one due to COVID-19 lockdown level 4 and 3, we fixed a few things around the farm, moved animals around the paddocks and got more feed in.

Day 4 of COVID-19 lockdown

29 March 2020
cooking, house, outdoor, people, rusty, shady, shelter

We have been busy on various little projects to keep us busy. From cooking to exercising, watching some movies to projects outside.

Hard work weekend

14 December 2019
abigail, accident, family, farm, kids, rusty, shearing, shelter, vet, water

A weekend of alpaca shearing, vet attendance, fixing fences and water troughs.

Animals moving (themselves) around

9 November 2019
abigail, animal, duck, grass, horse, naughty, rusty

Most animals stick to electric fences – our alpacas do not.

Automowers at work

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

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

Ziggy having a bad day

12 February 2019
accident, animal, birds, cat, dinner, event, family, land, night, rusty, sun, vet, ziggy

Horses ready for the next storm

28 April 2018
building, horse, night, rain, rusty, shady, shelter, water, weather

Another storm has been announced last night, so early this morning we finished the horse shelter area and moved the two boys over so they are going to have a more comfortable place during the day when the weather closes in.

Happy Horses

25 December 2017
christmas, dry, grass, horse, land, rain, rusty, shady

The munchers are happy again after I moved them over into the other paddock – the one with more grass. Seemed to be appropriate for them for Christmas.

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