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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.
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Kiwi ingenuity alive and kicking
Friday, 16 July 2010
In the profound words of architect Graeme North, “there is no limit to human ingenuity.”
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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.
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Improvement in the form of innovation
Friday, 16 July 2010
The Innovation competition at the 2010 New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays has seen backyard inventions emerge from the farm shed.
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Tool Talk - Handy tips from the team at Stihl Shop
Friday, 16 July 2010
In this edition of TOOL TALK, we find out the correct technique for tensioning your chain.
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A proving ground of permacultural simplicity
Friday, 09 July 2010
As wonderful as the rain has been the Pink Gumboot Project is looking a little – let’s say soggy this month.
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Woody solutions to climate change
Monday, 05 July 2010
The drought conditions in Northland and other parts of the country last summer, have focused the minds of Federated Farmers in particular on the need for water storage.
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Recycling scheme launched
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Farmers are being encouraged to recycle and reuse rather than burn or bury thousands of tonnes plastic waste under a new scheme launched by the Government recently.
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Practical alternatives - power
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
A remote corner of Northland squeezed between Ocean Beach and Mt Mania, does not seem a likely place for a hotbed of practical alternative energy.
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Winter sunshine enhances Fieldays experience
Friday, 18 June 2010
Brilliant sun on June 16 set the stage as Mystery Creek Events Centre threw its gates open for the 42nd New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays.
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Enterprising rural business women winners
Friday, 18 June 2010
The Supreme Winner of the Rural Women New Zealand Enterprising Rural Women Award 2010 is Tineke Verkade and her Waikato-based business Homeopathic Farm Support Ltd.
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For the sake of community
Friday, 18 June 2010
The ancient proverb “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” stands the test of time, though not many people make an effort to ensure cleanliness around in the community.
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Rating row continues
Friday, 18 June 2010
Last month Rural Living reported on Rodney District Council’s (RDC) reclassification of certain lifestyle blocks by creating a new category – Rural Farm.
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Rural singles revealed
Thursday, 27 May 2010
National Fieldays have announced the finalists for the Rural Bachelor of the Year and the Rural Good Keen Girl competitions.
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The Pink Gumboot Project - update 3
Friday, 21 May 2010
There’s more to Rural Living than just animals, pasture and barns. There is also the opportunity for gardening of all kinds.
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