Rodney's
AUGUST 2012
A sculptured landscape:
Gibbs Farm
Improved returns from solar energy p.2 Landscaping: creating your own woodland p.7 Horsin' around: pulling back p.13
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issue 56
editorial
Beyond the doorstep... It seems that when we go looking for some of the wonderful art experiences on offer in this very creative country of ours we often forget to check out the great opportunities right on our doorstep. In time for this issue, Helen Martin was finally prompted to visit Gibbs Farm on
interesting feedback on that story. People
have now set up a Facebook page for True
wondered how the ROI figures we were
West Horsemanship, where you can keep
supplied could be so rosy and pointed
up to date and in contact for news of their
out that we had every reason to trust
latest clinics. Hmmm, about time we set
the figures, given EECA was involved
up a Facebook page
in subsidizing the system. Since then
for Rural Lifestyle
I decided to do some fact finding on
Magazine.
different solar hot water systems and how they perform. You’ll need to jump onto our website to find out more. Our story on landscaping from Grant McKechnie is packed with great info on
Kaipara Coast Highway when friends
creating a woodland. There are so many
who had booked themselves a spot invited
options on what to plant and Grant shares
her along. She was thrilled to find the
many ideas for creating a lush, inviting
farm’s reputation was no exaggeration,
woodland retreat. Julie McKechnie’s
and that what has been created on the
wonderful images of Brookgreen Park in
property is truly world class, showing
Coatesville (listed as a Garden of National
how a landscape can successfully integrate
Significance by the NZ Gardens Trust)
art works and exotic animals to brilliant
showcase some wonderful examples.
effect.
We’ve allowed more space for the photos
I’ve been on a fact finding mission with solar energy ever since running the story
this issue to give you a really good picture of the possibilities.
last year on a solar hot water system
Lastly, Ben Longwell talks to us about
replacing an electric hot water system
training horses not to pull back, especially
in a milking shed. We received some
when working on a lead. Ben and Natalie
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more state of the ark than state of the art. The huge scepticism about the use of solar energy in recent years in NZ was not unfounded, according to solar systems engineer Eric Jansseune, who sees many quality and performance issues with accredited or energy-star rated solar systems. Eric’s views are supported by BRANZ (Building Research Association of New Zealand Inc) reports and SIA (Solar Industry Assoc) newsletters.
Improved returns from solar
energy By Neville Walker
In issue 35 we wrote about a solar hot water (SHW) system being installed at a dairy farm in the central North Island and we concluded with a promise to follow up with domestic SHW systems at a later date.
well as grid-connected photovoltaic (PV)
Since that story ran, interest in SHW, as
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solar systems, has taken off again. You’ll see the full version of this article online (rurallifestyle.co.nz), where we debunk some of the myths and clarify some of the key areas to help you avoid the pitfalls of
Recent reductions in the cost of producing solar system components and a favourable NZ dollar has helped boost interest in grid-connected solar energy systems as well, explains Jeroen Brand of Albanybased solar energy system supplier Alphatron. Although the cost of electricity continues to increase, cost reductions in PV panel technology make it more attractive to invest in solar. The ability to sell the excess energy back to the retail electricity network also means your return on investment will look much rosier. For the full story visit rurallifestyle.co.nz.
Photography by Helen Martin, Jeff Saunders and Luis Lachica.
By Helen Martin
Floating Island of Immortals by Zhan Wang.
It’s a truism that we Kiwis often travel far and wide without taking advantage of the marvels on our own doorstep. For the seven years we’ve been living here we’ve heard and read a lot about Gibbs Farm, which is just a few kilometres from our place, and now we’ve finally visited we’re wondering what took us so long. (Visiting is by prior appointment via the Gibbs Farm website.) Everything about this world class sculpture park is stunning,
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beginning with the site itself. Fringed by the beautiful Kaipara Harbour, the hills and valleys of the farm look expansive, lush, gloriously green and meticulously kept. Even the stands of native trees seem manicured. Dotted about the landscape, an intriguing variety of exotic animals and birds - giraffe, zebra, ostrich, water buffalo, highland cattle,
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Canada geese, goats, alpaca – adds great interest to the visual tapestry. Walk up a slight rise and you can feed the giraffe, watched over by Helensville artist Jeff Thomson’s corrugated iron and steel giraffe a short distance away, just two of the major site specific
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sculptures privately commissioned by art collector and farm owner Alan Gibbs. All the sculptures are massive, and each is sited to make best use of the landscape in showing it off. All can be viewed from a number of angles and perspectives – from up close and at a distance – so that your experience of each one is multi-layered. There’s road access for the less mobile, but the way to get the most out of the experience is to walk. The experience is refreshingly uncluttered. I saw only one ‘keep off’ sign, you walk at your own pace, in the direction you choose, and no-one is trying to sell you stuff. (You need to take your own lunch and drink). Visitors treated as welcome guests, entrance is free and you’re given a complementary booklet about the farm
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and its sculptures on entry. Even the food for feeding the giraffe is provided free. Near the end of our four hour walk (you could do it more quickly if you don’t want to linger), while we liked all the sculptures, we had fun choosing which one we’d have installed on our land had we the wherewithal. Luis liked the George Rickey, Two Rectangles, Vertical Gyratory Up (V), an elegant stainless steel piece, because of its graceful movement in the wind. Keith and Jeff liked Neil Dawson’s Horizons, a distinctive steel sculpture that can be seen from the road, because it looks as though it’s floating, while at the same time suggesting, said Jeff, “hurricane force winds and movement across the hilltop.” Like many visitors that day, Jan and Seth were most fascinated by the Anish Kapoor, Dismemberment, Site 1, a gigantic red piece made of PVC membrane stretched between two vast steel ellipses, a sculpture that looks for all the world like a great ear trumpet listening in on
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the universe. The sculpture I would just love to have in our front paddock is Bernar Venet’s 88.5˚ ARCx8, a massive vertical piece made of eight curved corten steel columns, weighing in at 100 tonnes and anchored by 300 tonnes of concrete below the earth. But of course the point about this fantastic sculpture park is that it’s not about private ownership, it’s a treasure that is, thanks to the generosity of its owner, accessible to everyone. Hamish Keith Attn: made the point very well in a recent NZ Listener article (23
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March, 2012). “Great sculpture just is. Instead of propping up public art decisions with some improving tale, just match the artist to the site and let them get on with it. Gibbs is clearly a master of that and, although the sculptures on his farm are his, none of them is going anywhere anytime soon, so in a very real way they are also ours.”
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Hydrangeas make a colourful edge to this woodland walk at Brookgreen Park, Coatesville.
Last month we talked about laying out and planting your own bush walk. This month we’re still on the same track — so to speak — but instead of natives we’re using exotics (non-native plants) to create a woodland walk. The look will be totally different, but our motivation will be pretty similar. We want to provide a place to get away from it all, a cool
destination in the garden to take visitors, escape the summer heat, and perhaps enjoy a glass of wine on a warm evening. Maybe you want to create an enchanted forest in which to build a hut for your children or grandchildren. And don’t forget our feathered friends: with the right choice of plants, you can provide habitat and food for the birds.
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Grant’s sketch shows a hypothetical layout for a woodland walk or a native bush walk.
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Variety adds interest to your woodland planting.
The only thing left to decide now is what to plant where. There is not enough space in this article to give detailed descriptions of each plant, but my lists below will get you started. We’ll start with the smaller growing stuff for the edge, working our way up to the taller growing trees for the middle of the woodland. The plants along the path edge will be those most visible when you’re walking through your woodland, so use species here with attractive flowers or foliage. I recently saw a great example of what I’m talking about at Brookgreen Park, Helen and Bryan Airey’s beautiful country garden in Coatesville. Listed as a Garden of National Significance by the NZ Gardens Trust, Brookgreen hosts a woodland walkway featuring colourful hydrangeas, purple Japanese maples and other smaller shrubs along the path edge, with taller trees behind. The effect is cool, restful and inviting.
(SH), Magnolia stellata (star magnolia, SH), fuchsia, weeping Japanese maple (SH). Medium growers: deciduous magnolias (such as soulangeana and campbellii, SH), rhododendrons (SH), camellias (SH), Japanese maples (green and purple, SH), michelia, dogwood, viburnum. Tall growers: sequoia (redwood), totara, oaks, London plane, birches, claret ash, dawn redwood, Grevillea robusta (silky oak), Atlantic cedar, maples, alders, poplars, ginkgo, melia, crab apple, flowering cherries, eucalypts, liriodendron. These are just some of the plants you could use. There is no particular order about them, and there are many others that are suitable to use. When choosing your plants, give some thought to how the varieties combine, not just size-wise, but in colour and texture, evergreen and deciduous.
In my lists, SH beside the name denotes plants that will take a reasonable amount of shade.
For instance you might have an evergreen such as daylily at the front, with the deciduous Japanese maple behind, and behind that, an evergreen such as redwood or a flowering eucalyptus.
Smaller species: arthropodium (reinga lily, SH), dianella (SH), blechnum and asplenium (native ground ferns, SH), dietes (African iris), hemerocallis (daylily, SH), azaleas (SH), callistemons (bottlebrushes), small-growing grevilleas, hydrangeas
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By Ben Longwell
Pulling back while tied is one of the more common habits horses can develop. Initially, a horse pulls back because he doesn’t feel safe with his feet restricted and doesn’t know how to “give” to the halter to find the release. If he breaks whatever he’s tied to and finds he can gain freedom and the comfort of safety, pulling back can become a habit. The practice of tying to baling twine (which I’d never seen before coming to New Zealand) is a substitute for good training that can actually make a horse more dangerous to itself and its surroundings. In order to re-train a horse that has developed this habit, one must teach him to be able to move his feet in response to pressure and be able to stay soft and responsive on the lead rope. Many aspects of groundwork, including circles, disengaging the hindquarters, backing, and lateral shoulder movement like the side-pass and counter-arc, can be used to build this understanding in the horse’s mind. Basically, any time contact is made with the horse’s head through the lead rope, you want to look for him to “give” or come off the pressure. When he responds like this, it is crucial that you release the pressure you have on the rope. If your hands are “heavy” or slow to release, your horse will become “heavy” as well and may learn to throw his head up to get a release. Before attempting the more involved manoeuvres mentioned
above, try to have your horse just stand and flex both directions laterally (to the side). Position yourself at the shoulder to discourage the horse from moving toward you. Pick up on the lead rope with your hand near the withers, similar to where your hand would be when you’re riding. Take the slack out of the rope slowly, offering the lightest feel he will respond to. Reward any progress, releasing the pressure even if it’s only a slight bend initially. Your aim is to get his head around towards his shoulder and perpendicular to the ground. He may try to find the release by ducking or tossing his head, backing up or just tipping his nose in without bringing his head around. As he tries these, just stay with him and don’t release the pressure on the rope until you feel him give his head, even slightly. Recognize and reward any try and then build on it. Let him straighten his neck out completely. Rub his neck and let him rest a moment before asking again. Once you get one side working better, try the other side. This lateral flexion that doesn’t involve force will teach a horse to hunt for the slack in the lead rope and is foundational for good groundwork exercises, as well as work under saddle. As the horse becomes comfortable responding consistently to your cues for movement and softness, you are also preparing him to be tied up safely. Ben Longwell operates training clinics and runs True West Horsemanship from Warkworth (see advert below).
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