Gorse Control
There's quite a bit of this charming plant about the place.
We've set the spider-gorse-mite onto the job, but they are, after all, mites,
not mighty, at least in the short to
medium term. However, due to direct human intervention, quite a bit more of
the yellow spiky peril is lying prostrate now than at this time last year. An
ongoing battle!
Fencing
Fencing is one of
our ongoing projects. Some parts of some of the fences on the property are
possibly 90 years old, built of huge old Puriri posts which are finally
giving up the ghost. Puriri wood is tremendously hard and heavy and thus
lasts for a very long time. Other fences built since Stephan has lived here, have
served their purpose in some cases for a quarter of a century and need
significant upgrading or replacement.
This is the "before" shot.
The fence is actually almost complete (end of July 2001) but requires a visit from the photographer with the camera!
Scrub Clearing
The hill which was cut over earlier in 2001. This photo was taken in October 2001
and shows the cut scrub, now dead and rotting down.We leave quite a few of the larger trees standing, both for land stability and cattle shelter.
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