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Brian's Diary
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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.
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Rakes, sheep nuts and rain
Friday, 21 May 2010
In my last diary I discussed the drought situation and its effect on lifestylers. I also assumed that by now the weather would be back to normal conditions for this time of year. How wrong can you be?
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The dry, the guilty and the hungry
Friday, 23 April 2010
By the time you get to read this piece hopefully we will have had some rain – although at the time of writing it does seem unlikely.
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The good, the bad, and the dry
Thursday, 18 March 2010
We’ve been reading about how bad the drought has been up north – but I must say that for those of us in the Franklin district where I live, the current conditions are more severe than the drought two or three years back.
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Winning water
Thursday, 18 February 2010
I read somewhere recently that ‘lucky’ country Australia has the minerals but good olde New Zealand has the water. What a wonderful resource we have.
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Stock, thistles and ponds
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Happy New Year everyone and welcome back. Can you believe we are already into the second decade of the century? I still don’t know where the first one went.
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World famous
Friday, 20 November 2009
I have been in publishing a while now so I understand the power of the press, but I had a little reminder recently in the most surprising place.
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Discover the potential of your lifestyle block
Friday, 16 October 2009
One of the advantages of being on a lifestyle block is it enables you to develop gardens unlike those in a simple town garden.
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Enjoying the spring lifestyle
Friday, 18 September 2009
Isn’t it wonderful to be having such great weather? I don’t know if we’re having a particularly nice spring or a bit of an early summer but it’s lovely. I always feel this time of year is the best time to be a lifestyle person.
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Knocking off the pesky critters
Friday, 14 August 2009
About a year ago Reay and I awoke to the lovely scene of two or three bunnies nibbling away at the grass on our lawn.
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Early daffodils at Brian's
Monday, 20 July 2009
Gosh can you believe we are over half way through the year already? And what a strange time of year it’s shaping up to be – so different to the previous 14 years on my property.
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At last, the puzzle is solved
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Hi everybody – I am happy to say I have returned. This is my first day back at the office – I’ve made a good recovery and am raring to go.
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Get better soon, Brian!
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Unfortunately Brian has been in hospital for the past two weeks and so I have been left to play Mrs Farmer by myself for that time. And I can tell you – it wasn’t fun.
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It's feeding time at Brian's
Monday, 27 April 2009
Unfortunately I am as yet unable to announce who has won the competition to name the foal – I have yet to hear from the Harness Racing Club. Please bear with me a while longer and as soon as I know, we’ll notify the winner.
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The horse that had one hundred names
Monday, 16 March 2009
Hi everyone – I had an amazing response to the competition to find a name for my colt. In fact it was so incredible we’ve decided to list all the suggestions so you can see just how difficult the choice has been.
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