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BEES PLEASE
Bees are crucial to our primary sector, with a role far beyond honey production. »
Get the nursery paddock ready

Thursday, 22 July 2010
It is indeed that time of the year when your top priority must remain being sure stock are well fed and ready for calving, lambing and kidding which will be happening (by accident or design) by the time you read this month’s Rural Living. »
Kiwi ingenuity alive and kicking

Friday, 16 July 2010
In the profound words of architect Graeme North, “there is no limit to human ingenuity.” »
Fashionable finalists at Fieldays
Friday, 16 July 2010
In its 16th year the most fashionable competition at Fieldays was as astonishing as ever this year. »
• Improvement in the form of innovation »
• Tool Talk - Handy tips from the team at Stihl Shop »
• A proving ground of permacultural simplicity »
• Woody solutions to climate change »
• Recycling scheme launched »
• Practical alternatives - power »
Whangarei - the heart of Northland
Friday, 16 July 2010
Covering the south eastern part of Northland, the Whangarei district extends from Langs Beach at the southern end of Bream Bay to Bland Bay further north, a distance of just under 100km. »
Herefords from horns to hooves
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Hereford cattle are a beef cattle breed, widely used both in intemperate areas and temperate areas, mainly for meat production. »
Training begins for Terrible Twins
Friday, 16 July 2010
I’m kind of ashamed to admit this but I haven’t done a lot around the Great Urban Ark this month. »
Winter sun, staples and the bike
Friday, 18 June 2010
By the time you read this we will be sitting on the shortest day or have just waved it goodbye and I am writing this diary in warm sunny weather, just like summer.  »
A home for health
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
For anyone seeking to build a home the choices can be daunting and the process stressful. It is therefore encouraging to find how much can be achieved through philosophy. »
Being organic - is it worth it?
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Going organic or being organic are sometimes terms in farming circle synonymous with whacky, out-moded, alternative or just plain weird thinking. »
Looking at fresh pastures
Friday, 23 April 2010
Pasture is defined as land with vegetation suitable for the grazing of livestock. The origin of the word is old French, from late Latin, pastura or grazing. »
 Thinking deep about pasture
Friday, 23 April 2010
The health of pasture and soil cannot be dissociated. It is exactly the same as a raised-bed garden put in for growing vegetables; if the soil is fed then it will produce quality vegetables  – the same as a paddock being nurtured for the production of grass, whether it be to support dairy cows or any other animal. »
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