Jimny Fever: Part Two
June was weeding the spade-deep tomato beds she had prepared in the tunnel house several weeks ago, the soil warm and slightly damp to the touch, The plants still in the sunroom window, and...
Monthly Archive: October 2022
Jimny Fever: Part 1
Once upon a time a one car family. And nest emptied – still only the one vehicle for a hilly ten-acre block. No tractor, no farm truck, no farm bike, no farm all-terrain-vehicle, and...
The gully’s a mess!
Three or four big bonfires a year are needed to keep on top of the woody messes that accumulate in the gully. Crack willow branches, limbs, sometimes entire trunks come down in wind or...
Magpies
Early spring and the nesting season upon them, two male magpies decided that predatory creatures such as we are, we must be a threat. A neighbour is targeted too when she goes for a...
Marble Hill Campsite and The Little Guy
Located within Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve, Marble Hill is home to one of NZ’s most beautiful DOC camping grounds – a row of sites tucked into beech forest, overlooking a grassy meadow and encircled...
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