Country Life for Friday 11 May 2012

9:05 PM.Teena Borek is a vegetable grower from Florida. Audio

9:11 PM.Welcome, warm rain has fallen in parts of the North Island spurring along grass and vegetable growth. In the South, tail-end lambs have been going to the works at good weights. Audio

9:16 PM.Whitianga farmers Graham and Selma Morcom run a conventional beef farm but have chosen to go organic on their commercial avocado orchard. Audio

9:38 PM.Jewel Dell is a former dancer who became a farmer's wife almost 60 years ago. She's still farming land that has been in her husband's family for 100 years. Audio