Everything dies - a message of hope from down on the farm

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, Nadia Lim is living the rural idyll - on a 485ha working farm in Central Otago - but she doesn’t paint a romantic picture of farm life, instead telling Homed reporter Colleen Hawkes this week [about her close-up view of the circle of life](. Lim has a lovely way with words, describing sunflowers as a “valley of golden light”, at least until they become “a sunken valley of death with their heads drooping”. She talks about killing mice, rabbits, and the fact that, for the sheep they actually farm, they’ve built their own abattoir and charcuterie. Back on my own smallholding (860 square metres), [I did have to kill a badly injured chicken once](. The night before I took care of the matter (I was waiting to see if she staged a miraculous recovery overnight: Alas, no), I Googled the method and watched several videos on how to do it. I barely slept a wink. The next morning, it was a quick process, of course, and the right thing to do. But, I’m pretty sure I’m not cut out for country living. How about you? Yearning for a lifestyle block? Already running 500 head of stock? Would never leave the city? Here at Homed, we love hearing about how people like to live. Let us know at homed@stuff.co.nz. Happy weekend! [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Joanna Davis [padding] Homed Reporter [padding] [spacer] [padding] Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters.]( [spacer] # [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] 'Everything dies': raw farm life [spacer] Despite cute lambs, Nadia Lim tells us there's no glossing over the raw realities of farming and restoring an 1890s farmhouse in a harsh climate. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] We live in NZ, work in Australia [spacer] Peter Stewart and Lin Wee have spent decades living in Melbourne, Australia, but small-town Te Anau is calling them home. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Crazy covid do-up 'saved us' [spacer] A rundown Art Deco cottage in Levin with holes in the walls was Robyn Mathieson and Anthony Hill's Covid project - they sourced most things second-hand. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] A voice for all the non-minimalists [spacer] Celebrated food writer Annabelle White says she has the opposite of a design magazine-style kitchen . . . and that’s the way she likes it. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Look inside a former church [spacer] “A little different” is one way to describe this three-bedroom home in Mangaweka that might just suit a first time buyer. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Grand Designs gamble pays off [spacer] The couple who built an entire apartment block when they couldn't afford a house are having no trouble finding tenants to pay $1200 to $1750 a week, and one apartment is for sale. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [Discover more at Homed]( [padding] [spacer] You are receiving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Stuff Homed newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get the Stuff Homed newsletter in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]