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The Good Oil


lifestyleblock.co.nz Investigative Free Range writer Annette Taylor will boldly search out answers to many of the perplexing questions that beset rural dwellers.  Unflinchingly she will seek out agricultural scientists, vets, lawyers, noise control officers and even politicians to answer those befuddling questions that you haven’t the time or inclination to chase.  No question too small, or too big. 


The Good Oil
 

The Good Oil: Excessive noise

Michael lives on a one-acre block and has a neighbour who processes firewood for charity.

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Setting the night on fire for a good cause

Here's a burning question. 

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The Good Oil: Ticks - a ticklish problem

Jacques and Barb have a problem with their three organic heifers...

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The Good Oil: Check those cheques

The post always gets through.  Or does it?   And there's much more at stake than a birthday card to Aunt Joan going astray.

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The Good Oil: Going it alone with sewerage

Janet is looking for an alternative to having to join her local council’s proposed new sewage scheme.

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The Good Oil: The grass is always greener

It didn’t get off to a good start.  Shoot ‘em, he said.

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The Good Oil: Odd goats and zinc

Kate has 30-odd (very odd, she says) goats...

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The Good Oil: Following the paper trail

Remember that idea of the paperless office? 

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The Good Oil: Compost- throw out the books and do it the easy way

Waikato conservationist and permaculturalist Maxine Fraser says people get very hung up about compost. 

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The Good Oil: The Hard Word

Sceptical of Rotorua lives on a small lifestyle block just out of the city. 

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The Good Oil: Paper Roads

The question is – what is a paper road and what rights do landowners have regarding them?

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The Good Oil: Coming soon to a household near you: waste digesters

Q:  Jack wants to know if it’s possible to get wastewater digesters that would deal with the sewage for an ordinary household.

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The Good Oil: Roadside Wrangle

Broom swept clean

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The Good Oil: Stray Concerns

Question:  My neighbour’s stock keeps breaking onto my land.  What can I do?

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The Good Oil: Get my drift?

Swaggie certainly did.  Her question:  what can you do if you or your property gets unintentionally sprayed? 

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The Good Oil: Dead Easy

Nothing ever is dead easy, is it? 

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