We arrived Sunday night and met Wendy and Micheal, our WWOOF hosts. We did some weeding, raking, power sanding, and nail setting this morning and then set off to explore the town. We took a hike on a Mt. Herbert trail but didn't reach the top. Most of it was in pastures so we ended up turning around after an hour.
Accomadations are set up in a garage which can be a bit noisy in the wind but we both slept well last night. Not quite the same as some of the other plush places we've been staying but easier than setting a tent up each night.
They aren't connected to city water at the farm so they rely a lot on collecting rain water from their roofs and storing it in tanks. Apparently water can be scarce at times (not right now thankfully) so it is always important to conserve it. Really changes your perspective on the weather when a rain might mean being able to take a shower and flush the toilet! They also have their own "sewer" which is a natural filter that all their grey and black water goes through before watering the orchards.
Today was more weeding, mulching around trees with the weeded grass, and some heavy duty weed-whipping. Mind you weeding back home was picking a few short weeds out of the garden but this weeding is pulling dense knee high grass out by the fist full. It's in among the flowers so there isn't room to get the weed whip in.
Friday we'll head north to the Nelson region for a kayak trip that the Christchurch club is organizing.
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What did you guys think of the rugby? Union is my least favorite of the Southern Hemisphere three (union, league, and Aussie Rules).
ReplyDeleteThe area around Diamond Harbor looks amazing on GoogleMaps.
We don't really have a lot of experience with the others (league and Aussie rules). It seemed pretty slow (stop and go with the scrums) until a big breakout happened and then it was exciting watching them try to out run the defense. I was glancing at a book on "footy" which I think is Aussie rules and it seemed interesting. We'll have to try to check out some of the others while we're over here. Of course being unfamiliar with any of them, I'm sure we're missing the subtleties.
ReplyDeleteChris - What makes union your least favorite?
Just as you say, the action in Union is slow. Like American football before the invention of the forward pass, I imagine. League has a better flow, but the scrums there seem pretty pointless. Footy is my favorite (I've been to a couple games), but I have a few ideas for rule changes to improve it.
ReplyDeleteNone of those sports can compare to broomball, though. =)
Amen brother!
ReplyDeleteJust a quick hello from a fellow broomballer missing you at center! I love your blog. Excellent pictures and adventures.
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