The joy of chooksAs part of our transition to country life our plan is to ease into livestock rearing by starting with the most user-friendly animals -...
Vignettes from country life: the dead reindeer phenomenonI have discovered that living in the country can lead to some interesting conversations. The smallholder that lives next to us raises...
'Playing god' - 1837 and 2017Decisions made by men more than a century and a half ago led to me facing an unpleasant ethical dilemma a few days ago. That is, should I...
Autumn in the Pohangina ValleyIt was mid-autumn when we moved to our new home in the Pohangina Valley, and the valley has been ablaze with autumn colour - one of the...
Life changesAbout three weeks ago my family and I made a very big life change. We moved from comfortable, convenient, leafy suburbia on the Kapiti...