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Happy New Year!
…and a much belated Merry Christmas. The Kiwi Homesteaders hope all of you had an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas season, and could remember those things and people that are most important. New Zealand is on summer holidays, after the insanity that is the month of December. The country virtually shuts down by degrees, and most…
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One Crazy Drive
Hello, again my dear readers! At last, I bring to you our tale of the journey over the mountains to the West Coast of New Zealand. We had bought two chicken coops on Trade Me, and they were for collection by the buyer. The Mad Scientist got up bright and early, and nipped down the…
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Chicken Coops
One of the most difficult things for Starfish to do when we started renovating our old house was say goodbye to our six brown shavers and three chicks. They went to a good home with some friends of ours, but we missed their personalities and their eggs, which we used ourselves and sold surplus. Now…
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De fine incepti
The end of the beginning starts here!
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Allow us to introduce…
Read along with this post to find out more!
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Of mushrooms
Growing up in semi-rural Canterbury, one of my joys was the occasional opportunity to collect wild mushrooms. These were typically the field mushroom, which I’m told is Agaricus campestris, though some of the larger specimens may in fact have been the horse mushroom (A. arvensis). Even then, I wasn’t one to turn up my nose…
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New beginnings
Dear friends, Well, it has been a long time! And of course much has happened in the world outside, and in our little family too. When we last posted it was the depths of winter, and all felt dull and dreary, with sickness and stress… and now it is the first day of summer (as…
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A “Grace-full” evening
The title of this post reflects when Starfish was known as Grace on this blog. My birthday fell this year on a Monday. Birthdays are the few days a year that we go out for dinner, so we decided to go a night early. This year I wanted to try a small Japanese Restaurant in…
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New Ground
Hi Guys, Instead of posting the pictures on my last blog post I will include them in this post. The Mad Scientist and I have set off on this adventure with new vigour. We’ve contacted several banks as well as talked to the local council in the area we are considering purchasing land. We also…