In the June issue of NZ Lifestyle Block

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Country Calendar: surviving winter
The best strategies for livestock care, estimating feed and how to build a stand-off pad for sheep and cattle.

How to give a chicken a bath
When you want a bird to look good for a show, they need a wash, dry and blow wave like any other model.

15,000 shelter trees but which one is best of all?
We continue our look at the best shelter  trees for the regions, and find out which one is the best of the best.

Permaculture in motion: chickens in the garden

The best way to illustrate how permaculture creates a self-sustaining environment is with one of its most popular aspects; the chicken tractor.

If you could set up a machine to weed your garden beds when you’re finished with them, get rid of the pest insects, slugs and snails, fertilise it, turn it over and over so it composts well, all for nothing, you’d probably be quite pleased.

Interested in making cheese?

How to Make Cheese

By Jean Mansfield
Soft cover, A4 size, full colour pictures, 72 pages 

NZ Price $19.90 (includes postage within New Zealand)

How to Make Cheese is currently sold out, but if you'd like to go on our waiting list for a copy, we can email to let you know when we do reprint it. Just email editor@nzlifestyleblock.co.nz with your name, phone number and postal address and we'll be in touch.

If you'd like to see inside How to Make Cheese, please click here, however please ignore the ordering details at the bottom.


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Take a look at what's in the April issue of NZ Lifestyle Block magazine

At the cutting edge
Can you answer these 8 questions about homekill meat?

Light up
How to use a lighting system to extend the working year for your hens.
 
Finding some old classics
You definitely won’t have eaten as many apples as a couple on a crusade for heritage varieties.

Block news & info from NZ Lifestyle Block magazine

Check out this week's enewsletter which includes:

• Farmer's eye in the sky
• A farm that enjoys the best of both worlds (note: this is the correct link)
• The Goat Cheese Guru
• Why this one plant is everywhere you go
• Back to basics: a great cleaner hiding in your kitchen cupboard

Which is the best chicken of all?

2012 National Poultry & Pigeon Show
Hosted by the Waikato Poultry & Pigeon Club
July 5 – 8
Hamilton Boys High School gymnasium 

Peachgrove Road
Hamilton East

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Permaculture – a beginner’s guide

Photo: Ewig Lernender

Permaculture is about more than being organic; it’s about looking at your garden, your farm and your life in a whole new way.

Home for a duck

Ducks don't need a fancy house for shelter but they do like secure nesting boxes, and if you have predators around, a pen is a great idea.

Farm diary: what to do in March

All animals

▫ Work out a winter feed budget. If you haven’t had the opportunity to make your own hay, baleage or silage, you need to start making enquiries (if you haven’t already).