Showing posts with label Goings on at Mad Bush Farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goings on at Mad Bush Farm. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 March 2009

New Contributor to Farm Blogs: Please meet Liz from the Mad Bush Farm.


I'd like to say a very large thank you to recommended farm blogger Liz at Goings on at the Mad Bush Farm in New Zealand, who has kindly agreed help me edit and keep up to date Farm Blogs from Around the World.


Liz and I will be sharing the workload and I hope this will reduce the delay in getting your recommendations up here.


(She is also going to be handling the blog full-time for a short while during an upcoming hospital stay I have to do in the next few weeks.)




Liz from Goings on at The Mad Bush Farm (NZ) and now Farm Blogs From Around the World Editor

Here's a bit more info about Liz:

Liz was born and raised in Auckland New Zealand.

While she doesn't have a background in farming directly Liz has always grown up around rural life and farming.


Liz has three daughters 24,11 and ten. She live with her two youngest girls on a small twelve acre farm surrounded by the animals they have mostly raised from young.

Her cartoons and articles have been published in Rural Living, Rodney Times and the Dargaville and Districts News.

She has a background in advertising, administration and Real Estate and Liz is also the current editor of their local town newspaper.

Liz is now writing a book and in July will she will be starting a Media & Communications Degree through Massey University.






I can't thank Liz enough and I hope that over time we can improve the quality and presentation of this blog, while keeping it's basic organic growth simple and user friendly - good bloggers recommending better ones leading to the best from around the world.

If you're interested in joining us as a volunteer editor (the workload isn't heavy but easier when shared, then drop me a line).

Onwards.


HELP SUPPORT FARM BLOGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
A big ask I know, but if you can, please help me support my time on 'Farm Blogs from Around the World' by buying, reading and blogging/reviewing my book:

A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream

It's about urban downshifting to rural England (and a bit more).

I don't take any advertising on this site but your support would help me show my wife that this blog project is more than me just pursuing my obsessive interest in all things farming/gardening/smallholding!

Please support your local independent bookshop, but (yikes!) dare I say it...

A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream (Amazon.com)
A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream (Amazon.co.uk)


A Place in the Auvergne
Ian Walthew




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Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Goings on at Mad Bush Farm (Maungaturoto, New Zealand) Recommends...

Thanks to Liz at Mad Bush Farm in New Zealand for the following recommendations:
USA
Jennifer and Zacchary are a young couple running a small dairy farm inWisconson. This blog is about their challenges in day to day lifewhile finding some time to enjoy themselves. This is a great blog well worth reading. Jennifer's humour is riveting. One excellent blog.
USA
Farming life on a thousand acre mixed farm in Kentucky as told by Rachel. Fantastic photography. Great stories to go. This is a must read and one to follow.
New Zealand
Bridget and her husband moved from the city onto a ten acre block to try having a go at being self sufficient and doing it successfully I might add. Fantastic recipes to go with Bridget's great cooking. Another great read.
United Kingdom
Pat is a farmer's wife writing about day to day life on their farm andthe wonderful places she visits. Pat is also a talented writer and poet. Another fantastic read.
United Kingdom
Bob is a gardener on a country estate. A day to day diary of his going's on as well as great photos, and tips on growing of plants andvegetables. Bob is a former farmer and still very much into the farming way of life. Brilliant blog definitely one to read.
PLEASE HELP ME SUPPORT 'FARM BLOGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD'
BY BUYING, READING AND REVIEWING MY BOOK
A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream

IT'S ABOUT URBAN DOWNSHIFTING TO THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE.

A BIG ASK I KNOW, BUT I NEED TO SHOW MY WIFE THAT THIS TIME CONSUMING FARM BLOG HOBBY ISN'T JUST FOR MY OWN AMUSEMENT AND INTEREST IN ALL THINGS FARMING (WHICH IT IS!)

Please support your local independent bookshop, but (yikes!).......

A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream (Amazon.com)
A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream (Amazon.co.uk)

A Place in the Auvergne
Ian Walthew




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Ranch Blogs
Rural Blogs
Countryside Blogs
Smallholding Blogs
Urban Homesteading Blogs
Homesteading Blogs
Homestead Blogs
Allotment Blogs
Apiculture Blogs
Bee-keeping Blogs

Auvergne
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Auvergnat
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France
Rural France
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Goings on at Mad Bush Farm (Maungaturoto,New Zealand) Recommended

Goings on at Mad Bush Farm was recommended to me and here's a word from Liz in New Zealand. (Mad Bush Farm is the first Kiwi blog to be recommended to Farm Blogs from Around the World, and I hope the first of many more to come.)
Why anyone would like my insane blog, pass there. It's mad enough [as you can see from] the title.
We're having a dry spell here at the moment which is concerning me. Lack of water is a worry especially with the stock I have here drinking several hundred litres a day right now.
How do I describe my blog???? That's a hard one.
It started off because of a calf aptly named the Terrorist. Number five on the list of calves we have raised over the last few years.
It's our family blog about our day to day life (most of the time) mixed in with farming related media releases, art, blog reviews, photography and editorial as well as loads of animals.
We encourage comments, we love to hear people from all over the world. It's a friendly blog and anyone can comment. We welcome opinions and any other blog recommendations as well.
Located on the outskirts of a small rural town called Maungaturoto in the Kaipara District Northland New Zealand (We're inthe upper part of the North Island).
The area we live in is a predominately dairy focused area.
The town has a Fonterra Dried Milk Powder plant which is the main focus of employment for the local township.
We're also only ten minutes drive from the eastern arm of theKaipara Harbour.
Awesome place to be.
Acreage on our farm is 12 acres. We're running 5 head of cattle, two old horses, six cats, and growing some kind of vegetable garden that for once isn't being eaten by the chickens and the cattle. I'll be developing the farm to incorporate the commercial growing of Yucca plants over the next five years or so. It's mainly a lifestyle rather than anything else. We love it here.
And everyone on the farm is certified as sane- for the moment at least.
PLEASE HELP ME SUPPORT 'FARM BLOGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD' BY BUYING, READING AND REVIEWING MY BOOK
IT'S ABOUT URBAN DOWNSHIFTING TO THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE.
A BIG ASK I KNOW, BUT I NEED TO SHOW MY WIFE THIS TIME CONSUMING FARM BLOG HOBBY ISN'T JUST FOR MY OWN AMUSEMENT AND INTEREST IN ALL THINGS FARMING (WHICH IT IS!)

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Rural Blogs
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Smallholding Blogs
Urban Homesteading Blogs
Homesteading Blogs
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Auvergne
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Rural France
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