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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
3 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
In 1811 at Newbury in Berkshire, UK, a £1,000 wager was made to make a coat from the sheep's back to a man's back in one day. Watched by 5,000 people, the coat was completed in thirteen hours. The sheep was eaten with much quaffing of beer to celebrate…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hand weeding those delicate raspberries then wheeling in loads of organic chook pellets and topping off with bark chip. The first photo is of the job yet to be done; two more rows out of five. Next is the end result of working out at the gym. Also good to add some kelp for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Introducing the new Queens to the Nucleus hives I made up on Sunday. As you can see in the photos the girls got very excited to have the smell of a Queen in the hive again! When they get excited like that it means they will accept her and not kill her. Need some luck though when she goes on her mating flight that she doesn't have an…
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