scenery – Pukeatua Farmstay

Advent, advent

4 December 2022
christmas, event, family, forest, grass, house, kids, land, objects, outdoor, people, scenery

This year marks the first time that it was not us adults doing the wreath but our daughter herself with only very little guidance.

Checkup with picnic – after all, why not?

24 October 2022
animals, farm, goats, insect, la, land, picnic, scenery, twi, valley, walking, water

On a regular basis you need to check up on your animals, fences and water systems. But what is better than combining that with a dog goat run and some picnic?

A goat ending story

30 September 2022
accident, animals, family, farm, goats, 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?

Winter Solstice & Matariki

26 June 2022
background, box, christmas, content, cooking, ducks, eggs, family, farm, feed, goats, horses, la, land, nature, rats, scenery, shearing, sun, sunset, trapping, twi, weather, winter

The weather has turned from somewhat wet and warm to rather wet and cold. The horses have been rugged up just like the goats. The rodent infestation has become noticeable, so we started putting up more traps on top of the traps and bait stations we already had.

Summer has gone and Easter has come

24 April 2022
background, box, content, detail, eggs, event, family, farm, fog, forest, grass, kids, land, nature, outdoor, people, picnic, places, rain, scenery, sea, tree, winter

Within days, the hot summer weather had moved on and made space for moderate temperatures with rain and fog.

Happy Earth Day 2022

22 April 2022
background, bbq, box, button, content, detail, dinner, family, farm, flowers, forest, garden, house, insect, land, mushrooms, nature, outdoor, people, rain, scenery, sun, sunset, tree, valley, water

The warm and humid weather produced lovely field mushrooms to be harvested. Earlier we harvested basil, limes and potatoes.

Finding beauty on rainy days

25 October 2021
detail, flowers, land, nature, rain, scenery, water

Even on rainy days you can find a lot of beauty outside when you decide to battle the elements and get outside.

Springtime again and lovely weather

26 September 2021
box, eggs, farm, flowers, friends, 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.

Flooding – groundhog day

1 September 2021
flooding, land, people, scenery, valley, water

This year was special and I had not yet seen the water that high. Kumeu and Waimauku townships flooded too and other suburbs in West Auckland. For some it was pretty bad and I feel sorry for the affected people – and animals.

The animals, the rain and the fire

25 August 2020
animals, cats, cayuga, ducks, farm, feed, feeding, fire, firewood, grass, horses, house, kaipara, land, naughty, people, rain, scenery, sun, sunset, valley, weather

Who likes the weather when it’s raining and storming outside? No one – well, maybe the odd people that are happy that their grass is growing, like us humans inside. Oh, and the ducks! The ducks love it.

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.

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