Around noon, I drove to Anderson's Park for the Fonterra love-in, where thousands of Southlanders listened to the bands, threw bean bags at pyramids of coloured milk cartons, raced in relay to fill a fridge with plastic bottles of milk and thrilled to other such dairy-based entertainments - it was whizz-bang fun for the whole family. This image epitomises the day and rich cultural heritage Fonterra is building for us.
Even better, and perhaps more subtle, was the sign that alerted all those who entered 'Dairy World' to their responsibilities as citizens of Fonterra. I wondered which bright young social engineer conceived of this one!
To my delight, one little Indian girl, walking with her dad said, as I passed on my way out,
"We're walking on the wrong side!"
All is not lost.
I'm guessing that the format and the message was the same throughout the country but the difference in Invercargill will have been ... the wind! It was intense and threatened to down the stage on which the musicians twanged and yodelled.
I saw this nest, blown clean out of its tree and nearby, the three yunker thrushlets, blown clear of their nest. They piped piteously.
I was reminded of the crowd.
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Waste of time and money pruning that lot. Unless you are in need of exercise just progressively thin to about 450 stems per hectare. If it is flat and not too exposed to the wind you might be able to get posts out of it otherwise grow it on to age 32 to 35 and clear fell.
I agree with your assessment, Anonymous, as you've clearly worked with radiata before. There is a fire hazard issue though. The plantation owner said she'd been advised that thinning out would result in exposure to wind-throw, as the roots have been forced down rather than sideways, by the crowding.
Any thoughts on its value for carbon credits? It's post 1990.
30 some years in the business..7 hectares is too small to bother with for carbon. The annual servicing and auditing charges will gobble it up. With the price of carbon heading to zero in Europe it would be better to buy those low cost credits to return to the govt when you rip the whole lot out and turn it back into pasture! Insure for fire and pray for a log price spike..
Ha!
I'll pass your advice on and thanks!
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