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The Muntanui Dictionary: "Grit"

29/4/2014

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Broadcasting seed to renew pasture at Muntanui, South Island, New Zealand
The Concise Oxford Dictionary's definition of "grit" in the colloquial sense, reads: 
Strength of character, pluck, endurance. 

To which I'd like to add:
1. Spending an entire afternoon and early evening doggedly broadcasting seed with a manual spreader over a rough, sloping 1.5 hectare (approximately 4.5 acres) paddock, then harrowing it in the tractor. 
2. Watching while torrential rain washes most of it away over the following week -- and not weeping.


So I guess the next post should be about our efforts to renew our pasture. . .

Posted by Farmer Nik
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The Muntanui Dictionary: "Wince"

18/7/2012

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PictureI'm sure I left them SOMEWHERE around here ...
According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, to wince is to:
"Show bodily or mental pain or distress by slight start or loss of composure; flinch."

Here's the Muntanui version:
1. "Farmer Wan's involuntary movement upon realising that the hairy object the dog is holding in his jaws is not a mouse, nor a rat, nor even a squashed baby stoat, but rather our young steer's testicles, detached from their former owner and still sporting their blue elastrator band."

2. "The collective reaction of all males who read this post."

Posted by Farmer Nik

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The Muntanui Dictionary: "Alacrity"

25/6/2012

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PictureI'm purely decorative. You have a problem with that?
First, let's take a look at the Concise Oxford definition:
"Briskness; cheerful readiness."

Now, here's the Muntanui version:
"The state of springing into action upon discovering that your dog has rolled in something absolutely putrid and you have exactly four minutes to give him a bath before those snow clouds charging towards you from the west reach the house."

I can't say there was anything particularly "cheerful" about my "readiness" but I did manage to get the job done with 90 seconds to spare. And that was using heated water, to prevent our stinking canine from cowering and shivering and generally being pathetic.

A "soft touch". Ah, yes. According the Muntanui Dictionary, that would be me.

Posted by Farmer Nik

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    About Ewan and Niki

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    Farmer Wan

    Scottish mechanical engineer with a deep and abiding passion for good food. Outstanding cook. Builder of lots of stuff. Cattle whisperer. Connoisseur of beer. A lover rather than a fighter.

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    Farmer Nik

    Kiwi writer and broadcaster who hates cabbage, even though she knows it's good for her. Chook wrangler. Grower of food and flowers. Maker of fine preserves. Lover of dancing and wine. Definitely a fighter.

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