Pollen
On a sunny Saturday afternoon a short but intense breeze crossed our valley. The result was a yellow cloud that almost looked like smoke from…
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Turkey invasion
Well, that was a surprise! Weird stressed noises behind the trees. Scary. What’s that? Another kereru (NZ pigeon)? No… 11 turkeys crossing our garden! Local research…
The greenhouse
Lesson learned: You shall not buy cheap stuff on Trademe. Honestly, I haven’t had such a fiddly job in years. Even without making too many…
Upcycling
Our builders got two extra pre-fabricated roof trusses that they didn’t need. We thought they would make perfect trellis for our grapes, and so we…
Stronghold against rabbits
Unsurprisingly rabbits don’t belong here. By here I don’t mean our property only, but New Zealand as a whole. Some early settlers 200 years ago…
The difference between a hen house and our house? – Windows
Until now our new home felt similar to a chicken coop. But fortunately we’ll not need to move close together on a roost to keep…
Green
Nah, our house isn’t gonna be green, at least not visually. Those green boards that the builders used to wrap the whole house are called RAB…
The roof is on!
Our house is now officially a house – with a roof on top. :)
More frames
Unfortunately not that much visual changes during the last two weeks. The guys have been busy with many details, hammering thousands of nails to set…
Winter
Having left the winter solstice behind us, days are short and in some shaded areas of the garden the frozen lawn doesn’t even melt during the…