Stewart Island Drought Broken
Stewart Island Drought Broken. Well at least for a few days at least. Over the last couple of days we have had 24 mm of rain.
Stewart Island Drought
Stewart Island Drought There is an old Stewart Islanders definition of a drought …. 5 days without much rain,
Our Garden Friends
Now the problem is birds monstering the young plants. So the rows of seeds are covered with “tunnels” of bird netting.
Garden Preparation
July Chores at Sails Ashore A few days ago the weather forecast looked pretty good for several days, so we decided to start the vegetable garden preparation for spring planting. Current soil temperature is 6.4 deg C. Generally we’ll plant at 10 to 11 deg C Iris...
Winter Solstice at Sails Ashore
Winter Solstice on the 21st June for us at Sails Ashore in the Southern Hemisphere is our shortest day and longest night.
First Winter Frost
A couple of days ago we woke to a beautiful clear still Stewart Island morning.
About Me
I arrived on Stewart Island in 1969 as Forest Ranger. Since then I've fished commercially both in Fiordland and around Stewart Island then skippered our charter yacht in the same waters, and also down into the Southern Ocean. More recently we now have "Sails Ashore" B&B, and I also guide our guests and others on Ulva Island, introducing them to the natural world of Stewart island