ollie989898
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kiwi fruit will be cheap....
kiwi fruit will be cheap....
The quickest way through a herd of sheep is to stop completely and let them go past, only feckwits try to drive through.
In most situations that would correct. But in the case of @kiwi poms photos above, no, as I have been there and done that as a young high country shepherd.
Reason; this large mob of Merino ewes (could be several thousand I'm guessing) will be moving from summer grazing to winter safe country at this time of the year. Such shifts occur seasonally in the High Country and these ewes would be from such stations as Grassmere, Flock Hill, Graigieburn or Castle Hill (if I pick the location in the photos correctly). There is no way a large clustered mob of sheep that rarely see humans on a daily basis would go past big trucks and dozens of tourists wanting to get out to photograph this "strange" event to show their friends in Shanghai.
By letting them string out over their 5 to maybe 10 kms walk and grazing their way along is the only option as the older leading ewes will know the drill. Merinos are brilliant at following a leader.
With as many tourists now as NZ's population traveling the South Island's tourist loop, it would cause a hell of a traffic jam if everyone stopped moving.
In most situations that would correct. But in the case of @kiwi poms photos above, no, as I have been there and done that as a young high country shepherd.
Reason; this large mob of Merino ewes (could be several thousand I'm guessing) will be moving from summer grazing to winter safe country at this time of the year. Such shifts occur seasonally in the High Country and these ewes would be from such stations as Grassmere, Flock Hill, Graigieburn or Castle Hill (if I pick the location in the photos correctly).
stopped moving.
We never see sheep or cattle on the roads up here, WRC/WDC won't let you do it, the last time I saw sheep on the road was in the Catlins a few years backIn most situations that would correct. But in the case of @kiwi poms photos above, no, as I have been there and done that as a young high country shepherd.
Reason; this large mob of Merino ewes (could be several thousand I'm guessing) will be moving from summer grazing to winter safe country at this time of the year. Such shifts occur seasonally in the High Country and these ewes would be from such stations as Grassmere, Flock Hill, Graigieburn or Castle Hill (if I pick the location in the photos correctly). There is no way a large clustered mob of sheep that rarely see humans on a daily basis would go past big trucks and dozens of tourists wanting to get out to photograph this "strange" event to show their friends in Shanghai.
By letting them string out over their 5 to maybe 10 kms walk and grazing their way along is the only option as the older leading ewes will know the drill. Merinos are brilliant at following a leader.
With as many tourists now as NZ's population traveling the South Island's tourist loop, it would cause a hell of a traffic jam if everyone stopped moving.
do you just mean that they try to discourage it ? surely stock droving is a legal right …We never see sheep or cattle on the roads up here, WRC/WDC won't let you do it, the last time I saw sheep on the road was in the Catlins a few years back
You'd think so , but no Some people get a bit upset if they get a bit of cow s**t on their car. The reality is even to cross the road it's too dangerous, car drivers in too much of a hurry to get to their destination.do you just mean that they try to discourage it ? surely stock droving is a legal right …
pretty much the same here especially with the denser ( there's 2 meanings to that word ) population we have ...You'd think so , but no Some people get a bit upset if they get a bit of cow s**t on their car. The reality is even to cross the road it's too dangerous, car drivers in too much of a hurry to get to their destination.
pretty much the same here especially with the denser ( there's 2 meanings to that word ) population we have ...
I hope not.kiwi fruit will be cheap....
Fairly simple really, be prepared to adapt, try new farming methods, ignore the criticism from the neighbours when you are trialing new farming systems and the gloating from them when it may not work out as you had hoped, work together collectively as a group for the greater good of the industry.'twas wondering if you NZ guys could produce a small pamphlet on " How things are done in NZ ", which would save thousands of young farmers from Blighty travelling all the way to NZ to " See how things are done in NZ ". It would save a fortune, and cut global warming.
Many thanks.
You grow them ?I hope not.
Yes I grow them, easiest way to eat them is cut in half and scoop the flesh out with a spoon, like you would with a boiled egg.You grow them ?
Darn clever of that bloke to rename them from Chinese gooseberries that name wouldnt have helped sell, them ....
What the easiest way to skin them without wasteing bits of flesh anyway.?..
You grow them ?
Darn clever of that bloke to rename them from Chinese gooseberries that name wouldnt have helped sell, them ....
What the easiest way to skin them without wasteing bits of flesh anyway.?..
You are clearly a wrongun.I just eat the skin . . .
I also eat apple cores
my favourite part of the apple