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by Steve on June 26, 2011 at 4:03 pm · Filed under News
Carlisle’s Caretaking
Caretakers to the Landed Gentry
Dear Sir,
In accordance with the terms of our contract with your company, we regret to advise that a slip has occurred on the main access track of your estate. We were alerted to the situation by Noddy Notices (a division of Nodwell Enterprises); apparently Mr Nodwell frequently gazes vacantly out of his window, and in so doing yesterday, noticed the slip.
Together with Mr Nodwell, we immediately carried out an in situ inspection this afternoon; we found a substantial amount of recent fill had slipped from just below the new piece of track, about 65m below the deer gate by the shed. The track itself is not affected.
We attach photographs: 1) of the back of Mr Nodwell’s head (one of his better features we think) as he gazes towards his opulent house; 2) another shot of the back of Mr Nodwell’s head (see comment above) as he gazes down on the slip; 3) a shot of the slip from below which shows that the slip did not descend onto the road below.
We remain Sir, yours faithfully,
Carlisle’s Caretaking
by Steve on June 22, 2011 at 7:12 pm · Filed under Photos
by Steve on February 28, 2011 at 6:40 pm · Filed under Photos
by Steve on February 28, 2011 at 6:38 pm · Filed under Photos
by Steve on February 28, 2011 at 6:36 pm · Filed under Photos
by Steve on February 28, 2011 at 5:52 pm · Filed under Photos
by Steve on November 29, 2010 at 8:20 am · Filed under News
Steve West the Beekeeper will be moving hives onto the site from Monday the 29th of November until Friday the 3rd of December. Most of the work will carried out at night so it may be best to cease all spotlighting for that period, apart from that Steve will also need to make some day trips to the block to fit additional honey boxes. At no time will they venture far from the ute. If anyone is interested in seeing how it is done I am sure that Steve would be more than happy to show you how it is done. I am looking forward to seeing those that can make it on Saturday night and to those that can’t I wish you a safe & happy Christmas and have a great new year. From CJ.
by Steve on August 24, 2010 at 9:07 am · Filed under News, Work to be done
hey everyone – just a message from CJ – there is a slip on the track – if you are next to head up to the block, please take a spade with you. Thanks
by Steve on August 11, 2010 at 6:53 am · Filed under News, Work to be done
When Steve was at the Block last he took some soil Samples for possible future fertiliser and sent them away to get tested. Recomendations from the soil report:
250kg/ha Superphosphate/yr
100kg/ha Urea in Autumn/spring
by Steve on August 11, 2010 at 6:33 am · Filed under News, Work to be done
Soil Report Analysis
by Steve on August 7, 2010 at 7:10 am · Filed under News
Hi all, have just re-set the calendar so that it show NZ public holidays and not USA ones!! Hope you are all finding your way round ok! Rach 
by Steve on July 31, 2010 at 7:48 am · Filed under Photos
by Steve on July 31, 2010 at 7:43 am · Filed under Trips to the Block
28th -30th July 2010
Steve went to the Block with Ben(steve’s Worker) armed with chain saws and spades. Started cutting a track around the fence line and filling in the holes under the fence. After a while we flagged the track cutting (leave it for another day) and concentrated on fixing the holes in the fence. We walked almost the entire fenceline in 3 half days fixing it as we went. We filled in a huge amount of holes under the fence. Most weren’t big enough for a deer to escape but over time would have been. But there were a few holes where deer wouldn’t have had a problem getting through and 2 or 3 where they have! been getting out from. The fence needs to be kept an eye on and if we check it every few months then we shouldn’t have any escapees grazing on Hildridge’s paddocks. It might be good to make some ramps for the deer to get in, on the outside of the fence while we have the digger too.
by Steve on July 31, 2010 at 7:21 am · Filed under Animal Catch Log
80 lb Sow shot by Steve and Ben(Steve’s Worker) on a grass flat just below the Forestry gate. Around 7pm fri 30th July.
by Steve on June 29, 2010 at 7:16 am · Filed under News
If you log out after viewing the calendar, everyone will have to re-log in to view it again. To do this, enter Steve’s email address as the user name/email and nzhunting as the password. But, preferrably, don’t log out!!
If you have any trouble with this site at all, please email or ring Steve and Rach and we will try to guide you through it, Cheers, Steve.
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