Please research for yourself. If you want to join, follow the link provided. Initiative Q is an attempt by ex-PayPal guys to create a new payment system instead of credit cards that were designed in the
It may look to be a very large and dense forest. However these trees are tiny Beech trees. All vying for life where 1 or 2 will dominate and the rest will probably die. For a sense of scale the leaves
So I figured today that instead of leaving piles of hay in the paddock (the bits the sheep haven't eaten yet) I would make hay stacks.The sheep liked this idea and started toeat the hay they had previously
Firewood is my favourite job. I'm not very good a finishing what I start, therefore firewood is perfect for me. It is required to be done every year, if you dont finish it all at once, start again, finish
On Friday, my partner and I took over the lease of a 12 acre small holding. It is very exciting! We have 7 cows, 12 ewes and 1 ram. The picture is after feeding out a bale of hay to the cows. It is very
To become initiated into St Bathans it is customary to 'go through the hole'. The hole is a hole in the wall at the St Bathans pub, The Vulcan. There have been many a person go through this hole, if you
Pump Before – A few days ago During all of this cold weather we have been having I decided to go for a wander. I walked down the gully on mum’s property, also in St Bathans, and check on my water hammer
It is beautiful at the moment in Central Otago, New Zealand. We have had a few days of stunning frosts, with fog all day (not in St Bathans) to create a wonderful Haw Frost. Here are a few pics I have
We love you but we hate you. It always seems to rain on the weekends. It a Saturday at 13.22 and we have had 8.7mm of rain already. We are all tucked up by the fire weathering out the storm. St Bathans
On Monday a couple of us put in two new strainer posts for a new fence to keep the naughty sheep in. This is the view from the strainer. I quite enjoy sitting on top of it now (highest point on property)
Just a brief intro. St Bathans is in the back of beyond in New Zealand. There are 8 full time residents. There is a pub, 2 churches, 2 graveyards, and one ghost. I would like to show you the beauty of
