With the chainsaw cut down two remaining Tasmanian Blackwood trees just outside our boundary fence along from the 133 entrance. Took the tree trash to the bonfire, cut up the rest and added it to the split firewood pile in the farm shed lean-to.

Then Karola & I scuttled off into Hastings to see a film at the recently opened Focal Point Cinema. The film, which has got rather extravagant reviews, was a gentle rollicking kiwi tale, Pecking Order, about the ups and downs of competitive poultry showing and the politics of the local Christchurch poultry club. “Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see”, quoting Samuel Johnson who made the remark concerning the Giants Causeway in Ireland.

Mowed round the grass under the big oak and round the house lawn, including along the top of the ha-ha so that in a few days I can put up electric fence and get the ewes in for a feast.

Took Bangle for a walk round the orchard.

Brought an apple box of firewood from under the Macrocarpa, where it has been keeping dry, to just outside the farm shed. Put a tarp over it so we have dry firewood for about a week.

Tasmanian Blackwood Tree Trash

Oak Avenue Weather:4℃—13℃ 1.5mm rain [72.8]