The George family with James
and Miriam building 'a chicken's nest' under the pine trees
The Andrew family checking
out a chicken house and cuddling a friendly hen
The Art of collecting eggs.
The George and Andrew families had a ball
Open farm day November 2009:
Farm activities:
Weed control using tractor
and mulcher
on some of the steep country - chicken
shed in the foreground
New born kids with Snowy
(ex feral
goat - now our lawn mower pet)
More kids
Snowy and kids with Bela
(Hungarian
Vizsla) in attendance
Docking with Lukas (wwoofer)
and
Tony (neighbour), Bert on the gate.
Tanmworth piglet in the Pines
farrowing area
Miriam and James in the pine
shelter belt with the free rangers
Farrowing tent for Tamworth
sow
Lillian, James, Bert and
Miriam
(& Flynn the dog) at the back of the farm
The way to get around
Cattle and sheep part of
Te Rata Family Farm
Bert and Lillian with Tamworth
sows and litters
'Tent City' - the mummy pig
choses where she want to have her piglets and we build her
a pig-tent to keep her and her piglets dry in the rain and
give them shade and shelter from the sunshine
Jennifer (our farm worker)
gets up close and personal with a new arrival
