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Cheers Samcowman, some good advice here for sure. We’ve planted a mix of trees; mainly natives, gums, alders… some ash species and tree lucerne so far. We’ll do some wattles and conifers as well most probably. We’re out in Cust, great wee spot!

Ah the Catlin’s, thats an awesome spot :-) Thanks for your advice so far! Yes we’re very conscious of the water situation; we’ve got a water race and bore; we’ve planted a good mixed shelter to shield the wind and heat off where we are building and near the house and amenity area; it’s the back...

Thanks Flatlander, it’s got good grass cover at the moment; but yes we’re conscious of nearby gorse and broom that might want to take a foothold though.

Thanks Kiwi Pete, ultimately we’ll look to have a couple of sheep and perhaps a dairy cow along with some fouls for eggs / eating… but nothing crazy as there’s only 2 of us to feed. We’d like a decent fruit & nut area as well, but keen for the land to be healthy and working for us and the...

We're located in NZ... in the South Island on the Canterbury Plains; a good 40cm of top soil then silt loam and rock under that (historically an old river bed). The land has been intensively grazed before we bought it; now we have 10 acres that we are not putting animals on in the foreseeable...