Waiting for the storm

26 September 2020
house, rain

Waiting for the storm to come. Some rain would be really good, hope it won’t be too windy. Last time we were hit by a storm it was not fun. Everyone here survived, and mostly no damage other than some broken chook house and some possibly traumatised chooks.
Hope everyone will be fine.

Mixed bag weather – it must be spring

11 September 2023
animals, cold, dry, farm, mud, nature, night, outdoor, rain, sun, weather

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.

May, June, same old rain and mud

23 July 2023
animals, dakota, ducks, flooding, goats, grass, milking, mud, puzzle, rain, repairs, shelter, water, weather

We had flooding and cylones. The ducks have been the only very happy creatures but they turned their area into a slimy, muddy mess.Guess that sums up the last few months.

February was more exciting than needed

1 March 2023
animals, cats, 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.

Nature has decided it’s spring

1 September 2022
birds, cats, cheeky, dry, ducklings, ducks, eggs, farm, feed, flooding, goats, horses, mud, nature, night, rain, rescue, sun, twi, water, weather, winter

Apart from the usual winter farm activities, there has not been much exciting stuff happening. It’s been a typical winter with lots of rain, lots of mud but rather warm in comparison. It looks like nature has decided that it is spring.

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.

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.