Pipe Dreams: Part One
Our drinking and stock water supply used to come from a bit downstream of where the Opuha Dam is now. After the dam was built, the silt build-up around the intake got so bad...
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Wood Chopper: Part Two
Graham R. Cooper I enjoy using a maul to chop wood. There you have it. If I didn’t, would I be prepared to grind away at it through all seasons? No. I’d go back...
Wood Chopper: Part One
Graham R. Cooper Over summer, late afternoon on alternate days, the woodstove’s fired up. The oven will be up to 180 Celsius in time to cook the evening meal; after another hour or so...
The establishment of a ribbonwood and mountain lacebark shelterbelt
We haven’t had any decent rain for a couple of months. What was left of top soil moisture sucked out by wind: the Canterbury nor’wester, hot and dry, gusting up to 130 km/hr. And...
One Straw Revolution: Part Three
Graham R. Cooper Get huge quantities of straw, over several years, to decompose in the soil, and there’s a good chance that your revolution has been all to the good: soil that’s well-aerated, rich...
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