Warm greetings from chilly Canterbury

[halfa]

Another newbie here from New Zealand, after being lead here by another Kiwi girl.

Tonight is the first night that really heralds a change in the weather as we slide toward winter. Sad to see the warm days go, but at least we will have more cause to do some reading online.

I'm off now to start some reading in the forum - where to start? So much interesting stuff to check out. Cya's. Zzzzzoooooooooooooooom

[Shirley]

Hi Halfa

:welcomeish:

Looking forward to getting to know you.

[red]

welcome

I like the changing seasons,, I get bored of each one and like the change!

[Millymollymandy]

Hi and welcome! I thought you meant Canterbury in England and wondered why it was cold there when it is warm everywhere else at the moment!

[ohareward]

Hi Halfa, where are you in Canterbury? I am in Ohoka, Nth Canty. I have just over an acre. Welcome to the forum. Last night was cold. We had to put the wood burner on. Again welcome.

Robin

[Jack]

Gidday

And I'm south of the boarder. Not Mexico, North Otago.

Great bunch on here, none of the crap that goes down in some forum Eh!

And lots of bloody good info here too.

[Andy Hamilton]

Tis a good forum, even if I do say so myself. - seems to attract a good bunch of folk.

Welcome to the forum, I hope you like it here.

[halfa]

Many thanks for the warm welcomes.

We are out on the Peninsular, Oharewood. Delightfully hermitised on 27 hectares, with gorse for miles balanced by a huge variety of native birds and outstanding views.

With snow forecast to 400m for tonight, we might be lucky and wake up to some up the hill in the morning. Who stole summer?

Oops, nearly forgot to say that I have already picked up some tips here. The newspaper pots video clip is brilliant Andrew, and I will be sharing it with a neighbour who is currently vigilantly saving milk cartons from all available sources to pot up tree seedlings. She will enjoy the idea of another eco friendly means of propagating her new trees. In our valley we have 4 properties in a row, all of which are slowly being reclaimed from the gorse and regenerated and replanted to support all of our native species. With 80+ hectares between us we will end up with a really nice sanctuary in years to come.

[mithril]

Hi. Wow, sounds like you're going to have a beautiful backyard once it's all had a chance to settle! Enjoy!
mithril.

[farmerdrea]

Welcome halfa, and yes, ain't it chilly???? You must be getting blasted over there on the penisula... it's bad enough here out on the plains (near Oxford).... harbinger of the winter to come? Hope not! Brrrrr!

Cheers
Andrea
NZ