HORTICULTURE

Staring at Pancake the pony’s paddock with two uninterested children, Kimbolton farmer Gemma McDougall threw in her nursing career to convert the paddock and follow her heart towards her flower farm dream. Words Rebecca Greaves, Photos Sarah Horrocks.

Bringing pumpkin seeds, pumpkin oil and pumpkin flour to the market is a labour of love, but this innovative Whanganui couple have jumped in head first with their Summer Hill Seeds business adding a third protein to their farming operation. Words Kate Coughlan, Photos Alanah Brown.

Repost works alongside vineyards nationwide to turn their broken posts into a second life cycle on farm fence lines.

The parasitic mite varroa destructor is a severe threat to New Zealand’s honey bees. Since the mite appeared on our shores twenty years ago, affected bees have not been able to survive without human intervention.