Is it time for an autumn clean out?
Okay, it's autumn and not very nice outside.
You might be thinking that you'd like a last good clean before winter really settles in.
We're here to help!
We've got a big list of things to do this winter at our Oasis on Hospital road in Newtown and we need a few things to do that. By getting rid of things you no longer want or need you become our farm fairy god-parents!
Our focus this winter is ensuring that our new container gets properly fitted out so we can do more classes and have more school kids come out to the farm and learn about it. We've got a need for some tools so that our volunteers have something to work with when they come in to help. And we'd like to do some fundraising events there, so we're looking for a few things for that. Below is a list of the things that we need in good, working nick.
If you can help (and we really do appreciate it!) please contact Lisa at 027 348 1097 or lisa.long@gmail.com. For more about what we do, check out this page: www.facebook.com...
The wish list:
For the container space:
Slider Doors/Ranch sliders/french doors (with working lock)
Old sail shade or similar
old shelving
Outdoor space:
Mailbox
Old outdoor solar-powered lights (that work)
Bench seating
tables
Things to enable fundraising:
Cutlery
Dishes/bowls - predominantly white
Larger bowls
pots /pans
- all sizes but especially larger stock or soup pots
Table cloths
, cloth napkins
Farm stuff
Garden Forks
Garden Spades
Hand Trowels
Wheelbarrow
Hoes
Shovels
Flexible tubs with handles
- 40Litre
Kaicycle
- our farm also houses Kaicycle which picks up food scraps by bike and turns those scraps into fabulous compost.
They need an adjustable bike stand
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Thank you all so very much. If you do have time, please come visit us at 5 Hospital Road, Newtown.
Best way to use leftovers?
I'm sure you've got some excess ham at home or cold roast potatoes.
What are some of your favourite ways to use leftover food from Christmas day? Share below.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62.3% Summer
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36.3% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
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