Annette Taylor – Page 19 – Number 8 Network

More ghoulies and ghosties…

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments Friday 13 at Gordonton school 2014, gordonton school fundraiser

Here are more pics from Gordonton School’s Friday 13 fundraiser. “… ghoulies and ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night” – they were all there and having a wicked time!

After the storm

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments storm damage Waikato, trees down in storm

THIS old willow at Hukanui Domain didn’t fare well in the violent storm that wreaked havoc around the country. The rain and wind left tens of thousands without power throughout the North Island, and even N8N had to get out the candles.

Raw milk vendors call it quits

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments gordonton raw milk stops, Graham and Rebecca Barlow, raw milk, village milk in gordonton

Ending the production of raw milk was a hard decision for Gordonton dairy farmers Graham and Rebecca Barlow. “We love

Local Characters Out & About

Of oak trees, bullocks and Brylcreem

May 22, 2014November 23, 2015 Annette Taylor 6 Comments Archer Bridgman, History of Gordonton, John Bridgman, old dairy factory in Gordonton, profile on gordonton people

John Bridgman has worn many hats over the last six decades. Dairy farmer, contractor, committee member, spud grower extraordinaire –

Country Cooking News

Galangal to you!

May 18, 2014July 1, 2020 Annette Taylor 0 Comments chicken and galangal soup, easy Thai cooking, galangal

Chicken and galangal soup, with lime leaves and lemon grass, is a superb dish, a compulsive mix of the mellow and the fiery.

Well, oil be!

May 3, 2014May 10, 2014 Annette Taylor 7 Comments Gordonton's olive harvest, growing olives, John Riddell, olives in gordonton, Waikato olive growers

A keen bunch of olive pickers turned out to John and Gail Riddell’s olive grove last Friday.

Armed with enthusiasm and cold drinks, friends and family set to and in about five hours’ picked about 407 kilos of fruit from 25 trees.

About 230 olive trees were planted in 2008 – the three varieties are Picual, a Spanish pollinator, and Leccino and Frantoio, both from Tuscany.