[Ag-eq] New member replying was

Tue Apr 16 12:32:34 UTC 2013

Jewl:

I love learning about new people and new places, so am excited that you joined
our list.

Thanks for explaining a hectare.

What kind of sheep and goats do you have?

My goats are Nubians, which are a dairy breed.  I use the milk to make cheese,
yogurt and soap.  I also cook with it and drink it.  I'm not sure what kind of
sheep Oliver is; he's white with a few very small black sponts on his face and
shoulders.

Maybe this is a stupid question, but are chooks; chickens?

Thanks for telling us more about New Zealand.  I'm embarrassed to say that I
wouldn't be able to find it on a globe!  How far are you from the coast?

Also how far are you from a town?

I also have a small crop of healthy weeds going.  Some types of weeds seem to
even thrive in the desert.  I've never tried hydroponic gardening and know very
little about it.

I look forward to reading your future posts.

Nella

Quoting Jewel <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>:

> Nella!  Apart from my good friend, Jody, yours is the first post I have had
> from this list:  what an
> honour!
> I have forgotten, exactly,  how many acres plus square yards there is in a
> hectare, but it is just a
> bit over 2 acres.
> I now have 10 ewes, and 2 goats.  I have also had cattle, a couple of free
> range pigs and a number
> of free-ranging chooks!
> Jody knhows all about chooks don't you Jody!
> Guideon is a crossbred German Shepherd/Labradolr, but I try to forget that
> half of his genes are
> those of the Lab, and, to his credit, he makes the forgetting of that
> disagreeable fact quite easy!
> New Zealand is a very long country, being 1000 miles from North Cape:  that
> is the northernmost
> point:  now who would have guessed that:  to Slope Point which is the
> southernmost, but it is,
> likewise, very narrow:  no place being further than 200 miles from a coast.
> I have been told that our land area is roughly that of California, but we are
> a very
> lightly-populated country:  and long may it remain so:   having only the
> barest tick over 5 million
> inhabitants:  a third of that live in the combined cities of greater
> Auckland.
> Being so long, New Zealand encompasses several climatic zones, so we go from
> subtropical in the far
> north to cool temperate in Southland, which is where I have lived since 1986.
> I am rather embarrassed to have to admit that much of my 2 * gardens are
> occupied by thriving
> plantations of weeds with which I am, constantly, at war;  However, I have
> been told, and like to
> think that it is true that healthy weeds denote healthy soil, so my soil must
> be very healthy if one
> is to use the health of the weeds as a yardstick.
> For the past 3 years, I have been trying to grow vegetables hydroponically.
> Many people have great
> success with the  system, but I am not one of them so I have given up!
>
>        Jewel--------------------------------------------------
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:59 PM
> To: "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>; "Agricultural and Equestrean Division
> List"
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> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] New member replying was
>
>
> Welcome Jewel:
>
> So glad you joined us.
>
> Do you know how large a hectare is; I know it's larger than an acre, but not
> sure how much.
>
> What type of live stock do you keep?
>
> I live in Phoenix Arizona, keep some live stock and a garden.  I have a
> horse,
> an elderly mule, 5 goats, 1 sheep and 9 hens.  I have a couple of citris
> trees
> and a small garden that I grow in raised beds.
>
> Phoenix is in the desert, so there are a lot of things that just won't grow
> here.  I have to water everything and it frequently gets over 112 degrees.
>
> I look forward to hearing more from you.
>
> Nella
> Quoting Jewel <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>:
>
> > New member out there somewhere?  Guess that's me: folk:  Jewel Blanch!
> > Jody invited me to join this list as she thought that it might be right up
> my
> > alley, so I did, and
> > now it is up to you to see that she spoke nothing but the truth.
> > Just a word or 3 about me!
> > I live on the outskirts of Gore:  a small town of 7 to 8000 inhabitants:
> > being the only town of any
> > significance in Eastern Southland New Zealand.
> > I own a property of 1.1 hectares plus; the plus  being the floodbank which,
> > many years ago, belonged
> > to the former owners but was bought by Environment South, the body whose
> > responsibility it is to
> > manage floodbanks etc.
> > Actually, when I bought the property in 1986, I was shown the cheque for 10
> > cents that Environment
> > South had paid for the floodbank, and which, not surprisingly, the Grahams
> > had never bothered to
> > cash, but were keeping for a rainy day, or perhaps just a rather misty one!
> > I call my spread the BlanchRanch.  This was just a fun name at first, but
> is
> > now official and is the
> > name by which I trade at my stock and station agent.
> > I have a long history of keeping livestock, but more of that in later posts
> > because, without
> > counting, I feel sure  that my personal allocation of * 3 words must have
> > been reached and exceeded
> > some time ago.
> >
> >       Jewel
> >
> >
> >
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