We hope everyone had a good easter break!
It has been a busy easter weekend here at Astrolabe Farm. Arabella is home for the university mid-term break and Meg arrived home on Good Friday. We got straight into some chores – waterblasting, mowing, harvesting the quince and picking up walnuts. This was all in preparation for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'chickens'
Easter Eggs and Pinot Noir
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · arabella, astrolabe farm, durvillea, harvest, meg, vintage
Tags:2010 Marlborough vintage·arabella·astrolabe farm·chickens·Easter·family·marlborough·meg·pinot noir·vintage·viticulture
A Friday Flap-Up
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · astrolabe farm, durvillea, jane, recipe
Sophie rang me this morning and asked me to bring in the Dean’s bread recipe. I was out feeding my chickens last night’s leftovers and scraps. The chickens are looking a bit scruffy as they are moulting at the moment. Not looking their best and egg production is suffering. I think the time for brown [...]
Down on the farm – Home at last
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · astrolabe farm, durvillea, jane
It has been a ridiculous month. Mexico, Simon’s birthday and then Marlborough Wine Weekend. I am tired and happy to be home…for a little while.
Firstly a word about the birthday. For me to have so many family and friends together and to have such a great night was overwhelming and fabulous. Also lots of silly [...]
Down on the Farm – Cautionary Tales of Chicken Keeping (Part Two)
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · astrolabe farm, jane
The Famous Five
PART ONE HERE
Sunday 30th August – It is pouring with rain here and I have just been down to visit the chickens. Wet chickens look very dismal. They were hoping I would open the gate. So now they are huddled in the coop looking very disappointed with life.
After my saga with Hillary and [...]
Down on the farm – Cautionary tales of chicken keeping (Part One)
August 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · astrolabe farm, jane
We are just back back from a week in the North Island doing sales work. We began with a dinner for Astrolabe at Soto, a day in the trade, then down to Hamilton for a dinner at Domaine and more calls. I did my first Durvillea tasting at Te Rapa New World while Simon tasted [...]
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