Home Block

While Grandad Colin recommends sleep to cope with constant rain during lambing, Charlotte Rietveld celebrates his century of wisdom and humour.

First there was December’s rain, then came February’s deluge. Mark Guscott sorts through the damage in Carterton.

Paul Burt gets on the blower to chat to a Minister.

Nick Loughnan’s time with deer was almost up, but then a young feral stag had other ideas.

When you farm on the West Coast, water can be a problem. So the family has built a Mootel, Gaye Coates writes.

Joanna Hoogenboom has followed in her sisters’ footsteps, heading from Hawke’s Bay to Lincoln University and becoming a Home Block columnist.

North Otago farmer Jane Smith has had a dream season, but not all dreams are equal.

Nobody can predict poor Jenny’s future with total certainty. If that were possible, then perhaps she wouldn’t have been trapped for the last couple of decades. That being said, I think Jenny still has a long wait ahead of her.

Fresh from being subjects of an episode of long-running TV programme Country Calendar, Blair Drysdale recommends the exposure.

With travel restrictions lifted, John Scott   is looking forward to a team heading his way to Hill of Fearn, Tain, Scotland.