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Issue 45

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Some of Jeff Venuga’s wonderful images of Ben Longwell, who is featured in this issue’s True Horsemanship story, capture the essence of life as a working cowboy in Western Colorado where Ben grew up. Not being a horse person myself I found this a fascinating read, giving me a much greater appreciation of horsemanship. I was also very surprised to hear how ‘horse whispering’ has developed into a very effective corporate leadership tool.

If you have young children, now is also the time of year to think about Ag Day. Clearly it takes a real commitment by children and a lot of family support to enter a lamb, calf or goat into the competitions. Helen Martin talks to Duncan McNab about where and when you start and finds that now is the time to talk to farmers if you don’t have your own stock to choose from. I’m going to have a crack at testing our 5 year old daughter’s interest in having a go this year… so we’ll see.

On the equine theme, thanks for your feedback regarding our Horsin’ Around column in last month’s issue. Sandy Reid is back this month with some more useful tips. Keep the feedback coming (via email or our website, and snail mail is good too.)

Lastly, we have a great yarn about our rural fire service from times of old that reminds me how wonderful it is that technology has advanced so much! Ahem…the story reminds me we need to clean the chimney and double check the smoke alarms.

It’s planting time, and this month Grant McKechnie shares some fantastic ideas about how to sort your bank (or banks) and how to avoid mistakes when it comes to planting out.

This month we’re off on our annual pilgrimage to Mystery Creek for the National Fieldays and will keep you updated, via our website www. rurallifestyle.co.nz, with the new innovations featured this year.

Remember, do keep mentioning to advertisers where you saw their advert and do keep telling friends about the free subscription to Rural Lifestyle Magazine on our website.

Neville Walker – Editor & Publisher

Letters or enquiries to Rodney’s Rural Lifestyle, RD Marketing Ltd, RD1, Kaukapakapa. Phone 09 947 3580. Email: neville@rurallifestyle.co.nz Advertising enquiries: Marlene Brown 021-854-946 Logan Tudehope 021 483401 Rodney’s Rural Lifestyle ©2011. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without permission of the publisher is prohibited. No responsibility accepted for any direct or indirect consequences arising from reliance on any content within Rodney’s Rural Lifestyle. Editor: Neville Walker. Sub Editor: Helen Martin. Writers this issue: Helen Martin, Sandy Reid, Grant McKechnie. Designer: Dan Stenhouse, Bgraphix. Printing: International Print.

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As we get closer we see through a gap in the trees a group of people and patches of fire and the black skeleton of a smouldering house. Get out the hoses and we’ll douse what’s left of it! yells someone. So we jump off the truck, all hands to the pump, but blow me down Mick was right. When we turn on the hose there’s only a trickle. The tanks are dead empty.

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This is a story told to us by a friend who joined the local volunteer fire brigade while doing his country teaching service in the 1950s. It’s after four o’clock in the afternoon and very cool and quiet when the siren goes, said Don. Five or six of us volunteers dribble into the local garage where the truck with the 1936 Rolls engine is kept – I’m a bit excited because it’s my first fire - and Bob’s fussing around getting it ready. Bob’s the local garage owner and mechanic and he’s also the fire chief. He holds practices every week that you have to go to if you’re a volunteer. He keeps his truck in beautiful running order, polishing it every day and turning the engine over – everyone teases him that he spends more time with it than he does with his wife – but this afternoon he can’t get the bloody

thing to start! The fire’s out in the country about 15 miles away, so we’re all giving Bob plenty of advice, especially when he has to get the crank out to start the truck. Doug offers to get out and push and Mick says there’s probably not enough water on board to put out the fire. But Bob won’t join in. All he’ll say is that the machine’s in fine shape and that’s that. So we chug along the road at about 20 miles an hour and finally we spot a wisp of smoke in the distance. We pull into a long driveway and we can see flickering flames in the dull light between a row of pine trees. We start

Bob doesn’t say anything, he just looks. Then he walks over to the bloke standing with his family. Tears are running down the bloke’s cheeks and Bob puts his hand on his shoulder and he says, I’m sorry we took so long. The man doesn’t look at Bob, he just keeps on staring at what’s left of his house, and he says, That’s all right. Thank you very much for coming. When we get back to the garage the rest of the town’s volunteers have turned up and we talk about how we could have saved the house, and by the time we’ve finished the keg we’re all starting to believe that we had put out the fire, even Bob, said Don.

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shouting at Bob again, Give it more grunt you silly bugger! But his foot’s already flat to the boards.

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Breaking the

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Banks are a problem for many people – and no, I’m not talking about the places that store our money (or otherwise). The banks I’m talking about are those steep, not particularly plant-friendly slopes that most of us have at least one of in our gardens. Often they’re in prominent positions, such as right outside the front door, or directly in your line of sight when you look out the living room window. It’s likely the bank is the result of having cut into a hillside to make a house platform or create a driveway to the house site.

Generally, the banks are clay of the highest calibre, and of a gradient that makes garden maintenance a challenge. “I’ve got this awful bank and I need to cover it with plants,” is a comment we often hear from customers in the nursery. I’ll explain here some of the ways we tackle banks – and some of the pitfalls you might encounter. First up, weeds. Before you plant, the bank needs to be free of weeds. If it’s

If weeds have seeded on your bank, or perhaps you have kikuyu climbing down from above, they need to be nuked with weed-killer, or, if you prefer, pulled out by hand. If the weed is well established, a second application of weed-killer to catch any regrowth might be necessary before you plant.

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a freshly cut bank, it can stay weedfree for up to a couple of years, which sounds great, except that shows just how inhospitable the clay is.

Next comes planting preparation. Around about this stage many planters are tempted to cover the bank in good topsoil, thinking this will provide a better home for the plants they’re about to put in the ground. But resist the temptation – for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the topsoil is likely to wash off in the next heavy downpour of rain. And secondly, topsoil is full of weed seed, and once you have spread out the soil, the seeds will germinate and cause you more problems.

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So what’s best to put into those holes? There are two basic styles we use when planting banks: either ground covers or upright plants, or a mix of the two, with the upright shrubs behind the ground covers. Once again, our friends the weeds have a bearing on what we do. If you choose upright plants, whether shrubs, grasses or perennials, it’s relatively simple to get in among them to spray the weeds. As your shrubs grow and form a canopy, you get a lot less weed growth. It sounds easy, but the end result is heavily dependent on your being vigilant and keeping control of the weeds while your plants establish. If you prefer the idea of ground covers the project gets a little more complicated, which brings us to the question of ‘to weed-mat or not to weed-mat?’

Two years after planting, Coprosma 'Hawera' is well on its way to covering this weed-matted bank.

In addition, Auckland’s air is full of weed seeds hoping to land somewhere they can take root. If they land on your freshly spread topsoil, they’ll be thinking it’s Christmas. But topsoil is important for your bank plantings. Best practice is to dig good-sized holes in the clay. Take the clay away, then fill the holes with your good soil for planting.

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If you cover your bank in weed-mat, then plant through it, your bank will be as low-maintenance as you can make it. The drawback is that you have to put up with looking at the black weed-mat until the ground covers smother it. And of course, there’s the cost of the weed-mat, the pins and your time in laying it. Without weed-mat, weeds are guaranteed to pop up through the ground cover plants and the issue then is how to eradicate them. Chemical spraying without hitting the ground covers is nigh on impossible. Physically pulling or digging the weeds also often results in damage to your plants, plus you’re likely to have to clamber over the plants to access the weeds.

Under this ground cover lurks a retaining wall and a steep clay bank.

So you can see the dilemma. But whichever method you choose, your planting pattern for ground covers will be the same. Start planting no more than 50cm down from the top of the bank, as the plants will naturally grow downwards. If you start planting too low you will end up with a bare patch across the top. You can stop planting a metre up from the bottom of the bank as most ground covers will easily hang down that far. One metre apart is normal spacing, but you can plant as close as 50cm

Flaxes are tough, colourful and effective on a bank.

apart if you are in a hurry to get the bank covered. If using multiple types of ground covers, make sure you plant each type in big enough clumps or groups for maximum impact. If you use too many different types of plants, and/or small groups, the end result can look bitsy. My preference is for just one type of ground cover planted en masse, and often I like to give the bank a formal look by planting an upright shrub or tree at regular spacing along the bank. If you’re not going to use ground

covers and prefer the idea of upright shrubs, flaxes, grasses and perennials, spacing will depend on the mature size of your chosen plants. The idea is to have your plants touching quite quickly, so they cover the bank completely and smother those weeds, cutting down the need for maintenance. As with ground covers, grouping your upright plants in big, bold drifts looks great on a bank. So there you go: well thought-out planting on a bank can turn an eyesore into a feature.

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Horsin' around over

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By Sandy Reid

It’s now getting really wet out there and if, like most of us, you don’t have an arena to ride in, the days of riding in your paddocks are over for a few months. But if you have a float or truck there are several ways of getting out and about with your horse over winter. If you know someone lucky enough to have an arena, you may be able to hire it occasionally. Arenas take a lot of upkeep, so offering to help maintain it and pick up any of your horses’ droppings will be appreciated by the owner. Meeting up with friends and heading out to your nearest beach is wonderful for you and your horse. Sand provides good footing and your horse can enjoy a splash in the water. As a bonus, salt water is good for healing any cuts and scratches. Alternatively, you can find a farm with limestone/ metal races to have a nice hack over. Some local clubs still have lots going on. Just about every month in Rodney there is dressage, showhunter or showjumping at Woodhill Sands Equestrian Centre in Kumeu. They also often have coaching clinics. Local hunt clubs will still be meeting a few times a week and if you know someone who is a member you may be able to go along as a visitor. Permission from the Master of the Hunt will be required and a fee is payable for the day. Be aware that your horse must be well mannered and you must have good control over your horse. The member you go with will advise on the correct attire and protocol. As paddocks get wetter you will have to keep a closer eye on your horse’s feet. Mud fever is common at this time of the year. It is a fungal infection causing scabbing and inflammation around the fetlock and pastern. This is a painful condition, but there are good products on the market to treat this. (Contact your Veterinarian). Standing in a waterlogged paddock is not good for a horse. Management suggestions include: • If there’s an available gateway, put some metal were they stand to help keep their feet a little drier • Try and get them onto a drier area (e.g. a yard with shavings/post peel) at least for part of the day. This can be a good place to feed out your hay without it getting trampled into the dirt • Don’t wash your horse’s legs too often unless you are able to dry them off adequately • If you are not riding frequently or doing any road work you may want to remove your horse’s shoes for the winter. Be aware that they may become quite soft if your horse is standing in wet conditions and that keeping up with trimming is also important. Hopefully you are still out there enjoying some time with our equine friends. Happy horsin’ 16

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