Life + Style (Rural Living) - 1 July 2022

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Mike French inspects a pineapple.

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Living the In comparison to the serenity of the paddocks of sheep, goats, pigs and cows outside, the store at French’s Farm is a hive of activity.

“Welcome to our madness,” laughs Katherine Hughes, daughter of business owners Mike and Robyn French.

She and Robyn are busily filling fruit and vege orders that will be delivered around Papamoa, Te Puke and Mount Maunganui that day.

Katherine’s phone dings with fresh notifications of new orders every few minutes. It’s the family’s only nod to technology with everything else done on scales and an ‘old school’ notepad a nd pen.

“It keeps everything transparent so the customer can see what’s going on,” says Mike. “We’re known for quality and these two [Robyn and Katherine] wouldn’t let anything go out the door that they wouldn’t buy themselves.”

Livestock and veges

The family has leased the 1.5-hectare piece of land on the outskirts of Te Puke for the last four years.

It’s now home to livestock, chickens, ducks as well as a startling array fruit trees and vegetables. When reminded of the 1980s British TV series ‘The Good Life’, Robyn laughs.

“Yes, that’s us,” she says. “A lot of the things we do is to be as self-sufficient as possible. We’ve always been country people. I love it and wouldn’t have it any other way. If I could be out in the vegetable garden all the time, that’s where I’d be.”

The French family is also taken by the idea of providing quality food for the community.

Purpose

“What we don’t grow or produce ourselves, we source from other organic growers,” says Katherine.

“So mum and dad go to Gisborne twice-a-week and

Robyn and Mike French.

Robyn, Katherine and Mike in the farm store.

that’s where the oranges, pears, apples, mandarins come from.”

Everything has a purpose. The goats are milked, the chickens and ducks lay free-range eggs, the livestock provides meat for the family and is bartered for leftover bakery scraps that are used to feed the pigs.

“My kids and granddaughter love it here,” says Katherine. “Depending on the season, they can wander down and pick a peach, plum or nectarine off the tree. Mum and dad always wanted to stick with the old-fashioned varieties to preserve the species.”

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on French’s Farm continued...

As we’re talking, a message comes in from a grower in Gisborne that a hailstorm has stripped the leafy greens and the smiles fall from the French family’s faces. They’ve been affected by weather disasters before.“This property has a high water table. In 2018 rain flooded the paddock of potatoes, ruining an entire crop,” says Katherine.

“It cost so much money. The year that I came closest to calling it a day, though, was the one where I lost all my lambs in a cold snap. It was awful. You learn though; I’m ready for it now.”

Pet project

Mike’s pet project is growing a range of tropical fruit. The plastic shed is kept around 20 degrees Celsius to allow mangos, coconut, babaco, passionfruit, bananas, pineapples, paw paw, jackfruit, star apple, dates and even coffee to flourish.

“I grow coffee just to prove that I can do it,” says Mike. “I grew up on a station on the east coast, just north of Ruatoria.

“My dad was a keen gardener and we had five different orchards with the original one planted in 1860 with apple trees that came from Kent in England. As a 13-year-old, I was allowed to climb up into the trees and do what I liked, so I got to see each season what helped the trees and fruit grow.”

Three of Mike and Robyn’s six children, and three of their 15 grandchildren, work on the farm to keep on top of the growing demand.

“We were doing a few deliveries and selling from the gate when Covid struck,” says Mike. “Suddenly, people were avoiding supermarkets, so we were inundated with orders.

“Instead of doing 15 deliveries on a Wednesday and three or four on a Tuesday and Thursday,

suddenly we were doing 30 deliveries every day.

Sometimes until eight o’clock at night. It was crazy.

A lot of those customers have stayed with us.”

Grow anything

“We’ll try to grow anything,” says Katherine. “We grow berries – raspberries, strawberries. Mum and dad will decide to try growing watermelons, so they’ll grow a whole paddock of them. Then one year, dad decided to be different, so he grew pumpkins. Mum grows peas and we just go out and eat them straight off the plant. They’re lovely.”

“Some days we’re up at the crack of dawn,” says Mike. “We’ll come in during the day and have a rest, and then back out. It really is a good life.”

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1 July, 20222015 Rural Living The Weekend Sun 21 August,

Mount Eliza keeps maturing Big wheels of cheese, gaining speed, bouncing and bobbing their way over humps of green tussock and lumps of cow-trodden earth, chased eagerly downhill by contestants, is something you’d to expect to see in the UK.

Chris and Jill Whalley of Mount Eliza Cheese near Katikati. Photo: John Borren.

Not this time – and with no chance of broken bones either. Gloucester’s famous competition – albeit in a slightly safer format – transpired at Chris and Jill Whalley’s steep paddock in Katikati in autumn.

The couple, who’ve been making their artisan Mount Eliza cheeses at the property since 2007, hosted their inaugural cheese rolling competition as part of the Flavours of Plenty Festival.

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More than 50 people took part, with a walking-talking tour of Mount Eliza Cheese factory, cheese racing for young and old alike, finished with an afternoon tea of cheese-filled delights dished up by some talented Toi Ohomai chef students.

However, the couple – who pride

Jill and Chris Whalley at work.

themselves on their raw-milk Red Leicester and Farmhouse cheddar, and their pasteurised Blue Monkey cheese – are still on a roll.

Blue Monkey recently won a gold medal in its class at the NZ cheese awards. “It was one of only two golds in the class out of 15 medals given – the rest being silver and bronze,” says Jill.

Blue Monkey

Mount Eliza’s Blue Monkey went to headto-head with the fellow gold winner – to vie for the Champion Blue Cheese Trophy at the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards gala dinner last night.

Chris is originally from England where he was a chemist. He moved to NZ in 2006 with wife Jill, an ex-Matamata girl, and their children Rebecca and Owen, and established Mount Eliza Cheese.

The family has worked hard to create their cheeses – such dedication has been acknowledged with many awards. However, the Whalley’s biggest triumph has been gaining permission to produce raw (unpasteurised) milk cheese from the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Ladies line up, ready to chase cheese downhill.

In 2014 Mount Eliza was the first cheese factory in NZ to produce raw milk cheddar – after Chris and Jill Chris Whalley is a chemistspent seven turned-cheesemaker. years on food safety and risk management programmes and farm audits, to gain approval. They even worked with MPI to create the guidelines. “It always was a long-term plan of ours from when we set up in 2007, to use raw milk,” says Chris. “You get a lot better flavour and texture through raw milk.”

Mount Eliza Cheese has been a regular at Katikati, Tauranga and Tamahere farmers’ markets – with Chris in his distinct cheesemaker white apron and hat – for 15 years.

What’s next? “Well, our cheese is being used by restaurant Norris & Bell on The Strand in their 2022 Matariki Dish Challenge entry, called ‘Boil up’,” says Jill.

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Animal As a child growing up on a Waikato dairy farm, she would squeeze clay into the shapes of horses.

Seven decades later, Oropi artist Dorothy Armstrong is still creating ceramic animals.

“I was around seven when I got introduced to pottery,” says Dorothy. “I really wanted a horse, so I made them out of clay. As I got older, I went to night classes and workshops. I’ve always liked making animals and birds.”

Dorothy’s work varies in size from tiny porcelain fantails to large outdoor sculptures.

“I was part of a cooperative shop called Pyromania, in Wharf St, for many years. But now I have started putting some pieces in the Pot House at the Historic Village.

I also supply a few other galleries around the country.”

Cow figurines

Dorothy also takes commissions to immortalise pets as well as cows and calf figurines.

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“Dairy NZ saw my work in a shop in Hamilton about 20 years ago and contacted me. They give the figurines out at conferences or use them as farewell gifts. If I couldn’t make a cow by now there would be something wrong. I’ve made so many over the years.”

Dorothy uses the ancient Japanese Raku technique to fire her creations.

Ceramics are taken from the kiln and placed in combustible material, like sawdust or newspaper, to create colours within the glaze.

“It’s lucky I live rurally,” says Dorothy. “I wouldn’t be able to do this firing if I lived in town with all the smoke and flames.”

Limoncello

Her 8.5-acre property has around 80 avocado and 20 lemon trees as well as a wide range of fruit trees.

“I love making limoncello and marmalade,” says Dorothy. “I enjoy bottling all sorts of things – raspberries, peaches, apples, persimmons, feijoa; then we’re into citrus and then strawberries.

“You notice the seasons changing here. It’s lovely. I play the violin

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and love home baking, pottery, spinning – all the things country people do. I’ve just had my 79th birthday but I’m pretty busy and still fit enough to do plenty in the garden and in summer, I swim.”

Dorothy runs a pottery group on Friday mornings. “I have to make a big enough batch for the six cubic foot kiln so it’s good to fill with other people’s work.

Creative outlet

“It great to see a lot of young ones so enthusiastic. It’s a great creative outlet because there are so many ways of firing pottery – in a pit, or raku fire or wood fire. We can use sawdust, salt glaze or even horsehair to get different effects. It’s not perfect and I like that.”

Despite being a popular artist for years, Dorothy still loves knowing that others appreciate her work.

“When I see someone pick up my work in a store – that feeling is worth more than the money.

It’s fantastic to go into someone’s house and see one of my ceramics and think: ‘That’s mine!’ It gives you a thrill.”

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Dorothy Armstrong loves moulding country animals into works of art, even firing up her own kiln at her rural Oropi property.

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1 July, 2022 Rural Living The Weekend Sun 21 August, 2015

Contest set to help contestants ‘grow’ “We have some of the best fruit and vegetables in the country so it goes without saying that there are also a number of very talented young fruit and vegetable growers in the region.”

Melissa van den Heuvel battling it in the Bay of Plenty Young Grower competition back in 2020.

Eight contestants will take on theoretical and practical events, to test their knowledge and skills in a competitive and fast-paced environment, on July 20 at Mount Maunganui College in a bid to win the 2022 Bay of Plenty Young Grower competition.

The competition aims to inspire and acknowledge the talents of young people employed in the BOP’s fruit and vegetable sectors – with the winner set to head to the national final of the NZ Young Grower on September 21-22 in Nelson.

Gala dinner

With eight contestants now named – see their profiles within this feature – all the action of the BOP competition is to happen from 9am-1pm at Mount Maunganui College on Wednesday, July 20.

Here, the fun-filled and challenging day tasks contestants to undertake a range of horticultural-related theoretical and practical activities as spectators watch on nervously.

To round off the day, a Gala Dinner and Awards Evening from 5.30pm-10pm at Trustpower Stadium Lounge, is for contestants participate in a speech competition

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Year competition and represent the commercial fruit and vegetable sectors.

The BOP Young Grower competition has an emphasis on practical production – on or close to orchard/farm skills – and business skills associated with growing and industry knowledge.

Amazing experience

Melissa van den Heuvel delivering her speech before being crowned 2020 Bay of Plenty Young Grower of the Year.

– their last hurdle of the contest – with judges then deciding award winners and who will claim the coveted 2022 BOP title.

Networking

The 2022 winner receives $1500 plus the opportunity to represent the region in the national final; first runner-up receives $1000; and second runner-up $750, along with some amazing networking opportunities and chances to learn more valuable knowledge about their industry.

Winner of the national final in September will receive $12,000, a trophy and entry to compete at the Young Horticulturist of the

The term ‘grower’ includes those involved in growing plus roles closely associated with growing such as packhouse and coolstore employees. It does not include service providers such as bankers and consultants.

Bay of Plenty Young Grower for 2020, Melissa van den Heuvel, says entering the competition was an amazing experience – “and one that I am very proud to have been involved in”.

“The competition was a challenge of both my practical and theory skills within the horticulture sector.

“Not only was I able to share the knowledge I have across different parts of the industry, but it was also an amazing opportunity to learn and extend these further, to meet other like-minded people, and to share my passion for the sector.”

Melissa says contestants get the opportunity to put themselves out there, to share their knowledge and also gain further industry insights in an event that is so well ...continued supported by the industry.

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Geordie Waldron

Geordie spent his early years in Mount Maunganui before he moved out to Aongatete to attend Katikati College.

He found his passion for growing through the horticulture department at the college, and after working in a packhouse progressed to a cadetship position at Hume Pack-n-Cool.

In 2021 he was promoted to being an orchard manager, with responsibility for looking after a portfolio of orchards.

He particularly enjoys the grower liaison aspect of this work, and loves talking to orchardists and understanding the history of the places they are working on.

Geordie gets away camping on the weekend in his Landcruiser rooftop tent, and also works restoring cars – most recently a Ford Escort Mk II.

Yanika Reiter

Yanika grew up on a small lifestyle block in Otumoetai, and she now lives on her own small avocado orchard in Aongatete.

As a teenager, Gurjinder moved to Te Puke from India with his family.

While still a secondary school student, he began working on the family kiwifruit orchard at Paengaroa.

Following school he completed a Bachelor of Business Analysis at the University of Waikato.

After this and while working as an accountant, he realised that he preferred orchard work and began working as an orchard manager. He has been working for Treveylans in an orchard manager role since 2021.

Outside of work – which he doesn’t really think of as work – Gurjinder is a keen weightlifter.

Yanika studied as a marine biologist, gaining a Masters of Science from the University of Waikato.

She made the leap onto land after taking up a role as a biosecurity advisor for Kiwifruit Vine Health, which allows her to pursue her interest in biosecurity.

Outside of work, she spends time with her spaniels, Murphy and Moose, and loves anything to do with the ocean, including free diving (when the sea is warm). continued...

Melissa van den Heuvel.

“BOP Young Grower is an important event to the industry as it showcases the ‘up and coming’ members of the industry.

“It’s a great promotion of what the horticulture industry has to offer and provides the opportunity for young people to share their passion, knowledge and skills.

“It is also a great way for the younger generation to be empowered, and to promote the industry and opportunities within it, to others looking for future careers.”

To learn more about the competition, visit: http:// www.bopyounggrower.co.nz/

Growing brighter futures Geordie Waldron- Competing for the 2022 Young Fruit Grower of the Year.

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Daniel Kenna Daniel grew up in Katikati, and after some time away studying and working in the South Island, now has a 10-second commute across the road to the orchard he manages in Aongatete.

Daniel has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Canterbury, and he is interested in how to support the wider ecosystem around the orchard, which is next to a wetland area and the Tauranga Harbour.

After university, Daniel worked as an abseiler on reconstruction efforts after the Kaikoura earthquake but decided to swap dusty construction sites for the lusher green of orchards, where he has been working since 2018.

He is now an orchard manager for KWKiwi, and has recently led the conversion of a 4.5 hectare orchard from green to gold kiwifruit.

Outside of work, Daniel is a keen op-shopper and always happy to get out on the water and go fishing when he can.

Emily Woods

Emily is a Katikati local, growing up on a small lifestyle block there.

Emily found herself working in the horticulture industry after school, working her way from administration to running harvests to now working in kiwifruit grower services for Apata.

She is now firmly committed to a career in horticulture, currently completing her Diploma in Horticulture.

Working within the organics division at Apata, she particularly enjoys this method of growing – with its emphasis on a holistic, long-term, and regenerative approach.

When she is not at work, Emily plays netball, crafts macrame and looks after her dog Merlot.

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His grandfather was one of the first Māori kiwifruit growers in the Bay of Plenty, so kiwifruit has been a part of his life forever.

Josh got his start in his career through a cadetship at Seeka, where he undertook a range of

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different roles, including working with avocados for seven years. He is now an orchard manager there.

Josh’s aim is to purchase back his grandfather’s former orchard.

Being the father of a one-year-old, quality family time is a big part of his ‘out of work’ time, but he also enjoys playing golf and jiu jitsu when he can.

Laura Schultz Laura grew up on her family orchard in the Bay of Plenty.

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The key to avoiding inflation ‘bite marks’ The last decade has been a time to make hay for New Zealand investors, with both the property and equity markets basking in the sunshine of a low interest rate environment.

Whether you’ve been a stockmarket investor, property investor or a KiwiSaver member, you could have been forgiven for thinking it was all too easy, and lost sight of the fundamentals of successful investment: namely diversification and a long-term investment horizon.

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Many of us will also want to think of the present as well as the future. Fund managers will talk about the importance of defensive assets in times like these – sectors or companies that are well positioned to thrive through uncertain periods and help protect the value of our money against inflationary forces while also providing regular, reliable cashflow returns.

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Gypsum a multi-tasker in Gypsum is well known as the “clay breaker” for improving soil structure in clay soils. Often gypsum’s other benefits are overlooked.

Due to its many features, gypsum is a true multi-tasker that can support healthy crop establishment and plant growth by improving soil structure, aeration, and water infiltration.

New Zealand soils are known to be sulphur deficient and Gypsum is an excellent source of calcium and sulphur for plant nutrition and for improving crop yield, according to Soil Science Society of America article ‘Gypsum as an Agricultural product’ (USA, Bulletin 945).

As an economical, low-cost option gypsum supplies 18 per cent sulphur and 24 per cent calcium.

Calcium is an essential nutrient, affecting mineral uptake and is one of the priority nutrients to be balanced in the soil. Having good levels of calcium is important as it governs cell wall strength, plant resilience as well as plant growth and crop quality.

Sulphur is part of an enzyme used in metabolising nitrates and in the production of quality proteins. Gypsum also reduces phosphorus movement out of the

field into waterways, according to the article.

Used as a clay breaker, the sulphate in gypsum bonds with excess magnesium in the soil creating magnesium sulphate which is very easily leached from the root profile.

With the correct ratios of magnesium, calcium, and potassium this will allow soils to breathe and increase water infiltration and drainage through the soil profile, according to Nutritech Australia’s ‘Soil Therapy Guidelines Part 3’ (2017).

Research on crops of maize and wheat has shown gypsum applied at 1000kg/ha with the recommended application of nitrogen fertiliser, improves maize yields (‘Use of gypsum to increase fertiliser efficiency on normal soils’, Science Alert, Asian Journal, 10.3923/ajps.2003.673.676).

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production surface-applied gypsum leaches down to the subsoil where it increases the precipitation of aluminium in acid soils, inhibiting aluminium uptake and promoting deeper rooting of plants.

When roots are more abundant and can grow deeper into the soil profile, they take up more water and nutrients, even during the drier periods of a growing season.

Gypsum can decrease and prevent crust formation on the soil surface which result from rain drops or sprinkler irrigation on unstable soil.

Prevention of crust formation means greater seed emergence, more rapid seed emergence and establishment (Soil Science Society of America, ‘Gypsum as an Agricultural product’, USA, Bulletin 945).

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Gypsum has been used for many years to improve soil particle aggregation and porosity. The Soil Science Society of America mentions gypsum makes calcium and sulphur nutrients more available to plants than other common sources of these nutrients. Finely ground gypsum particles are small and uniform in size making them quite reactive which can be a real benefit.

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LOW PRICE

355419

24 Month Warranty

Washing Machine

5kg

999

$

361281

699

$

24 Month Warranty

399

$

EXPO 360451

24 Month Warranty

999

$

LOW PRICE

353484

24 Month Warranty

Washing Machine

8kg

699

$

EXPO

360481

24 Month Warranty

LOW PRICE

353584

24 Month Warranty

All in One

Washer Dryer

10kg

899

$

LOW PRICE

360212

24 Month Warranty

Prices Guaranteed as of 2/7/22. Subject to change.

KITCHENS | BATHROOMS | APPLIANCES BOP15

1135

$

10kg

929

$

LOW PRICE

360173

24 Month Warranty