Lifestyle Blocker's Practical Farm Skills Day

Own a block of land but don't have all the necessary skills to run it properly? Need to set up some irrigation and not sure where to start? Want to learn and practice shearing a sheep?

Considering getting beehives on your property? Wanting to go self-sufficient and live off the land, maybe making some money off your land too? The innovative PTA of Dovedale School are running a hands-on practical farm skills day on the 10th August.

Choose from a range of workshops such as sheep know-how, beginner bee keeping, pasture management, pruning and grafting, calf rearing, irrigation, taxation, composting and garden planning, poultry, fencing, welding, animal health and husbandry, hairdressing, cheese making, oamaruu stone sculpting, goat know-how, alpacas, and farm management.

The prices includes farm style morning and afternoon tea, and lunch! Generous sponsors have lots of spot prizes, and Farm Consultant of the Year Brent Boyce will be onsite all day for any questions you have.

Come and enjoy a day out in Dovedale, learn everything you need to know to suit your block, and support a school raising money for their kids. Register online dovedale.school.nz or call Kirsten 021 141 2247.