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Good morning everyone, Well, Spring is definitely here now, after a cold start.  The grass is “springing” away, and it’s hard to remember the really hard winter we have had with all the feeding out. It was the hardest winter in over over 20 years at Lake Farm, but that is behind us now. Super […]

Good morning everyone, We hope you have all had a great week! It has still be quite cold here and wet all week.  We would like it warmer, but we don’t mind the rain! On the farm The grass is growing – but slowly.  It is definitely growing faster across the farm now than the […]

Good morning everyone! We hope you have all had a great week and, fingers crossed, this new week is just as good. We have had a few days of rain, and that makes us happy.  We are so concerned at how bad “Super El Nino” might get.  So long as the farm does not get […]

Good morning everyone, I don’t know how the weather has been at your place, but on the farm it has been quite mixed! Yesterday was shockingly windy for a great part of the day.  I do hope it is not a forerunner for the Super El-Nino summer (but it probably is)!  At least we continue […]

Good morning everyone, We hope you have all had a great weekend.  The weather is pretty mixed around the country, and its been wet here, but not too bad.  Today looks like a nice spring day, but with a cloud base. Our new vehicle: We picked up our new car on Friday.  It is a […]

Good morning everyone, Well I “think” it is spring, but I’m still not sure!  This has been by far the hardest winter on the farm in over 20 years.  Because we were installing new fencing, we could not keep enough grass ahead of the animals for the winter. This situation was worsened by a very […]

Good morning everyone, Well, we “think” Spring is finally getting closer.  The days are not as cold and the grass is starting to grow.  Phew… There has been a lot of rain over the last few days, and we are not unhappy with this.  We do need a high water table if the next spring […]

Good morning everyone, We hope you have all had a great last week, and that this coming week is even better. Super El Nino I am a bit slow.  I have been concerned about what will happen this spring when “Super El-Nino” arrives.  It is here now with a really cold and mixed winter.  We are […]

​Good morning everyone, We hope you are all doing well, and have had a great week! Our finish to last week in Wellington ended up a disaster. On the way to Wellington airport I filled up the rental car  and left my phone with CC on the roof of the rental and then drove off without […]

Good morning everyone, from Wellington! We head off to the airport shortly, and should be back at the farm mid afternoon. It was a wonderful couple of days down here, with the Hutt Valley High School reunion.  The School is now huge – with over 2000 students.  It is quite impressive. It was so nice to catch up with many […]

Good morning everyone, It was another “cool” morning at the farm this morning, but probably warmer than in other parts of the country.  I hope it’s not too bad at your place! While it’s a chilly start to these winter days (with not a lot of grass growing), we have had some beautiful mid-winter days, […]

Good morning everyone! Wow – it is very cold at the farm this morning (and most of NZ). Last week’s comments about Spring arriving were definitely premature!  When the soil temperature drops it takes some time to warm back up again.  Grass only grows when the soil temperature is warm enough. Currently our overnight temperatures […]

Good morning everyone, Well it’s great to have some settled weather here on the farm.  We do hope it’s nice at your place, also. Spring is here! Whilst it is not yet reflected in an abundance of grass, there is a spring flush happening on the farm, which is so nice to see. Interestingly, I was talking […]

Good morning everyone – from Wellington! We have come down just for a couple of days – to baby sit our grandsons whilst their dad (a pilot) is flying, and their mum (in the air force) is in Japan. We fly back this afternoon, and have enjoyed the couple of days off the farm. Having […]

Good morning everyone! Although it is wet and cold thus morning, touch wood, the weathers seems more settled around the country.  Fingers crossed its going to stay that way.  The farm is actually starting to dry out, so we don’t mind some rain. We are still getting quite cool mornings, so the soil temperature is […]