The mysterious disappearance of Billy and BobOn Monday afternoon, only a day after getting our new lowline Angus cattle, Billy and Bob (not real names), we came back from...
'Cuteness' has no place on a real farm - lucky we don't have oneOn a farm (even just a pretend one like ours), there are always arrival and departures (see Sheep Diaries: The day has come). But Sunday...
Sheep Diaries: The day has comeAt last the time has come to say goodbye to our boys: the boys born this spring (see Sheep Diaries: Our first lambs). They were weaned a...
"Beyond Manapouri is an important, highly readable and hard-hitting book"It is very affirming to read Shaun Barnett's review of "Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of environmental politics" in this month's Backcountry...
Nature & wellbeing in NZ – case study ideas pleaseAs you may have seen from an earlier post The connection between nature & wellbeing, I am interested in exploring the connection between...
The ban on single-use plastic bags: good things take timeRarely can I say that I was ahead of my time, but when it comes to single-use plastic bags, it may be a fair claim. Fifteen years ago, in...