Richard Weld
@richardweld.bsky.social
Was a scientist, still a skeptic. Experimental winemaker. Nurturer of things green, furry and feathery. Living the Good Life in the foothills of the Southern Alps.
"Ok, I'm prepared to accept, for argument's sake, that there may be a prima facie case for more weeding.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"Ok, I'm prepared to accept, for argument's sake, that there may be a prima facie case for more weeding.
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No argument here. Except I would say, as someone who has a large flock of free-range chickens (completely unfenced), that hens and, particularly roosters, don't need any excuse to be mean to one another. (photo: the breakfast delegation coming over the road to remind me it's tucker time)
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
No argument here. Except I would say, as someone who has a large flock of free-range chickens (completely unfenced), that hens and, particularly roosters, don't need any excuse to be mean to one another. (photo: the breakfast delegation coming over the road to remind me it's tucker time)
Yeah, I know it's a bit of a waste of meat, mate. Perhaps try and think of it as an opportunity to remove some rocks and improve the soil structure?
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October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yeah, I know it's a bit of a waste of meat, mate. Perhaps try and think of it as an opportunity to remove some rocks and improve the soil structure?
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#Homefarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ
Antifa are closing in, send in Stephen Miller now!
September 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Antifa are closing in, send in Stephen Miller now!
All you need is a shovel, Ken. Clear a patch with the shovel, dig a trench, fill the trench with the grass, cover the grass with the dirt, repeat, repeat, repeat...
September 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
All you need is a shovel, Ken. Clear a patch with the shovel, dig a trench, fill the trench with the grass, cover the grass with the dirt, repeat, repeat, repeat...
I think by now we have to admit that they have well and truly earned that level of contempt.
September 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I think by now we have to admit that they have well and truly earned that level of contempt.
Looking for a full-body workout? Dig the garden! It's the answer to all your bodily and mental health needs.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Looking for a full-body workout? Dig the garden! It's the answer to all your bodily and mental health needs.
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ
Winter is beginning to yield to Spring, though there is always a cold tail at the end.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Winter is beginning to yield to Spring, though there is always a cold tail at the end.
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife
My greenhouse has both! We're thinking about solar on the house roof too as it is now probably economic.
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My greenhouse has both! We're thinking about solar on the house roof too as it is now probably economic.
Te Apiti wind farm, NZ.
September 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Te Apiti wind farm, NZ.
One picture is from China, not sure about the other. We have wind turbines on mountains here in New Zealand. They work well. Trump is an idiot.
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One picture is from China, not sure about the other. We have wind turbines on mountains here in New Zealand. They work well. Trump is an idiot.
They work well on a mountain but you need to be able to access appropriate infrastructure: roads, the power grid...
September 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
They work well on a mountain but you need to be able to access appropriate infrastructure: roads, the power grid...
Remember that time Obama sent troops to police American streets, talked nonsense about windmills and threatened his political opponents with arrest? No, neither do I.
I miss those days.
I miss those days.
August 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Remember that time Obama sent troops to police American streets, talked nonsense about windmills and threatened his political opponents with arrest? No, neither do I.
I miss those days.
I miss those days.
Grafting. I've decided to turn some of my 30+ cherry plum trees into apricot trees. How hard can that be?
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August 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Grafting. I've decided to turn some of my 30+ cherry plum trees into apricot trees. How hard can that be?
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#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱
It's going to be a great year for winemaking! I feel it in my bones. Lost most of the chardonnay to mildew last year. So, this year I've put in a top wire over the stone wall and pruned vines to that so they are more exposed to wind and sunlight. Here's hoping.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It's going to be a great year for winemaking! I feel it in my bones. Lost most of the chardonnay to mildew last year. So, this year I've put in a top wire over the stone wall and pruned vines to that so they are more exposed to wind and sunlight. Here's hoping.
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ
Winter strawberries, and they taste delicious. The advantages of having a large greenhouse. There are no bumblebees about so they must be pollinated by the few flies or other little insects that make it into the greenhouse in winter.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Winter strawberries, and they taste delicious. The advantages of having a large greenhouse. There are no bumblebees about so they must be pollinated by the few flies or other little insects that make it into the greenhouse in winter.
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ
Trying my hand at vegetative propagation. These are apple and plum winter prunings (July) that I have just stuck in the greenhouse soil bed. No IBA or much care apart from regular watering. Hoping some of them take. Bought some IBA so will try that too.
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#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ #Propagation
August 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Trying my hand at vegetative propagation. These are apple and plum winter prunings (July) that I have just stuck in the greenhouse soil bed. No IBA or much care apart from regular watering. Hoping some of them take. Bought some IBA so will try that too.
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ #Propagation
#HomeFarm #SmallFarmLife #🌱NZ #Propagation
Duckling snuggles. First hatchling needs some company before his siblings hatch out.
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August 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Duckling snuggles. First hatchling needs some company before his siblings hatch out.
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The new ducklings get their first swim at about 3 weeks. They take to it like ducks to water though the water temp would still be close to freezing.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The new ducklings get their first swim at about 3 weeks. They take to it like ducks to water though the water temp would still be close to freezing.
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#SmallFarmLife #HomeFarm
“My philosophy is very simple,” Representative Lewis once told an audience. “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.”
July 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
“My philosophy is very simple,” Representative Lewis once told an audience. “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.”
"Though you claim no knowledge of these acts, you are still individually and collectively responsible for these atrocities - for they were carried out by a government elected in 1933 and continued in office by your indifference to organized brutality.
July 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"Though you claim no knowledge of these acts, you are still individually and collectively responsible for these atrocities - for they were carried out by a government elected in 1933 and continued in office by your indifference to organized brutality.
What was found there stunned the liberators. Political Commissar Vasily Yeremenko, with the Soviet Tank Army, said: "When we saw what it contained, we felt dangerously close to going insane."
July 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
What was found there stunned the liberators. Political Commissar Vasily Yeremenko, with the Soviet Tank Army, said: "When we saw what it contained, we felt dangerously close to going insane."
On 19 April inhabitants of Weimar were made to tour the Ohrdruf camp in groups of a hundred. General Eisenhower contacted General George Marshall and asked that members of Congress and groups of journalists be taken around the newly liberated camps. And still the incredulity remained.
July 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
On 19 April inhabitants of Weimar were made to tour the Ohrdruf camp in groups of a hundred. General Eisenhower contacted General George Marshall and asked that members of Congress and groups of journalists be taken around the newly liberated camps. And still the incredulity remained.