Whether it is renovating
old or building new fences or yards for any animals
we can help you with design ideas, procure materials
and get the job done.
Water
System Installation
New water schemes
installed, water troughs and taps or garden irrigation
schemes. Planned with you, materials provided and installed.
Water
Trough and Tank Cleaning
We will pump out your
water troughs (pumping the water to waste up to 15 meters
from the trough), water blast the trough and vacuum out the
trough or tank completely clean and if requested add a copper
sulphate tablet to prevent algae growth. If there is a need
to service the ballcock as well we can do this for you too.
Shearing
Small numbers of sheep
can be a problem to get shorn. With experience as both a machine
and blade shearer Bill can get the wool off your sheep.
Wool
classing
Bill started wool
classing with his own flock in 1983 and became registered
as a farmer classer several years later. In 1988 he
completed the Massey University Certificate in Wool
Handling Systems and in 1989 became registered as a
shed classer for merino and mid micron wools. Reg. number
D1076.
General
Stock Work and Management
Having been interested
in farming from an early age and being brought up on
a sheep farm, working on South Island High Country stations
before running his own property at Goose Bay Kaikoura,
Bill has a lifetime’s experience of farm and stock
management to call on.
Pasture
Advice and Assistance
A lifetime’s
farming experience to call on Bill can help you decide
on what may be best for your pasture and has contacts
to get pasture renewals done properly with the right
fertiliser spread or seed for your soil so that you
get the best grass for the money you spend, be it on
pasture renewal, fertiliser or just management.
Having had to organise
contractors for developments to his property for over 20 years
ranging from simple labouring jobs to bulldozers for roading
or the liaising with surveyors, engineers and contractors
for the subdivision at Goose Bay followed by 3 years organising
staff for many projects completed by his engineering company
all around Christchurch Bill has a wealth of experience and
a good understanding of the Resource Management Act which
you could call on to get your project completed. If the project
is bigger than Farmore can physically do we can project manage
it for you, help with planning and design, measuring up, doing
the job or organising and overseeing contractors. We will
make it happen.
Landscaping/tree
planting
Weather you have
a new property that is just bare paddocks that needs
landscaped and developed or an established property
that you want to update or just tidy your plans can
be brought to reality.
Pruning
and Tree trimming
Having had a large
orchard and rose garden for all his life Bill can prune
your fruit trees and rose garden or if it is just trees
that need a tidy up we can do the job.
Mechanical/Engineering
Repairs
A lifetime of mechanical
and engineering interest followed by 3 years running
an industrial maintenance engineering business in Christchurch
the contacts Bill has can ensure that whatever your
repair job we should be able to get it running sweetly
again, or just get that regular maintenance done to
get a full life from your equipment.
Gates
Steel or wooden gates
can be made to measure and installed.