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Country Life for Friday 15 October 2010

  • Guest

    9:05 PM.AgResearch scientist Dr Bryce Buddle and his team have received a large grant to develop a new vaccine for Bovine Tuberculosis. Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    9:07 PM.Flooding in Gisborne and in the South Island, some fine weather has helped farmers and fruit growers get back on track. Audio

  • The Bard of the Paddoc

    9:14 PM.Retired Canterbury farmer Colin Patterson recites his poem, Different stokes for different folks. Audio

  • Oh Deer

    9:20 PM.John Douglas operates a successful paddock-to-plate venison operation from his deer farm in North Canterbury. Audio

  • Sherrington Grange

    9:25 PM.Lisa and Julie Harper run cheese making courses, host guests and run a 180 hectare farm on the edge of Mahau Sound, an hour from Picton. Lisa leant cheese making from her mother and grandmother, with… Read more Audio

First up - A Guest

AgResearch scientist Dr Bryce Buddle and his team have received a large grant to develop a new vaccine for Bovine Tuberculosis.

Followed by - The Regional Wrap

Flooding in Gisborne and in the South Island, some fine weather has helped farmers and fruit growers get back on track.

At quarter past - The Bard of the Paddock

Retired Canterbury farmer Colin Patterson recites his poem, Different stokes for different folks.

Then - Oh Deer

John Douglas operates a successful paddock-to-plate venison operation from his deer farm in North Canterbury.

Below: John Douglas in a shed with some of his two-year-old red deer on Lovat Downs Venison Farm.

John Douglas

The feature today is - Sherrington Grange

Lisa and Julie Harper run cheese making courses, host guests and run a 180 hectare farm on the edge of Mahau Sound, an hour from Picton. Lisa leant cheese making from her mother and grandmother, with some recipes hundreds of years old. She also outlines how to make ricotta at home in twenty minutes.
Below: Sherrington Grange's Julie and Lisa Harper

Sherrington Grange's Julie and Lisa Harper