Welcome to the First Edition of Country Comment!
For me, this blogging experience is a bit like giving birth … a long time thinking about it, a few hours of huffing and puffing and wondering how anyone could get into this position … and then … Yehaa!...
View ArticleWhat’s on Locally 20 and 21 November
Whilst out and about at the weekend, you might like to come along to the Auction on Saturday 20th November of this lovely modern rural property in Drury at 193 Drury Hills Road www.barfoot.co.nz/441938...
View ArticleLate Spring From My Window
As I watch from my kitchen window I see, yet again, the rabbits hip hopping across the newly mown paddocks next door – obviously hoping to perform seek and destroy missions on my newly planted...
View ArticleWhere have all the raindrops gone?
Driving into the office this morning I could not help but think that the countryside looks like it does in February when the children have had their summer holidays and headed back to school. The...
View ArticleUpdate Both on the Farm and Off
This month we’ve had it dry, and we’ve had it wet, with the promise of more of both to come. The grass is amazingly green for this time of year, but with the dry spells in between it flushes off...
View ArticleCountry Schools – And their benefit for children
I feel I can speak with some experience about the benefits of country schooling for children, particularly during primary school (Years 1 to 8), as 4 of my 5 children have attended one. There are lots...
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Rugby World Cup – and the Kiwi Lifestyle Dream
I must sadly confess that I’m not a Rugby fan … in fact I’m not generally a sports fan … but there’s nothing I like better than backing a winner! With the competing teams arriving here in our fabulous...
View ArticlePrivate Sale versus “Land Agent” (Real Estate Salesperson)
Over the past few months we have been working on a project in our household. For those of you who are not familiar with the process, the Franklin District Council introduced a scheme whereby people who...
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Let the Sun Shine In
It’s so lovely here in the country when we have a clear morning. Being early risers, we spend about 9 months of the year getting up before sunrise. Now that we are getting closer to the Spring...
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