Robin and Emma Wightman, with Matilda (4), hosted a field day on their Tuapeka West farm to showcase their forestry and plantings recently. They won the South Otago Farm Forestry's Peter and Pearl Moffat Award earlier this year.
Robin and Emma Wightman, with Matilda (4), hosted a field day on their Tuapeka West farm to showcase their forestry and plantings recently. They won the South Otago Farm Forestry's Peter and Pearl Moffat Award earlier this year.
Robin and Emma Wightman, of Tuapeka West, showcased their 149ha farm and their forestry during a field day on November 18.
The couple won the South Otago Farm Forestry's Peter and Pearl Moffat Award earlier this year.
About 40 people attended to view the various planting initiatives the Wightmans hadintroduced to their property during the past 10 years.
Spokesman Barry Gray said there were some new faces at the field day, which he was pleased about.
The couple, along with their children - Archie (8), Ned (5) and Matilda (4) - are sheep and beef farmers and have been planting forestry blocks, shelter belts and native areas in keeping with the practices his parents began.
In other areas they had developed ponds that had been fenced off and planted with natives.
''Down the track they are going to look very attractive in another five to 10 years.''
One gully has been planted with matai red beech, totara and a mix of natives.
They have used other species such as pittosporum and red and mountain beeches combined with tussocks, flaxes and ferns, Chatham Island ake ake, toi toi and cabbage trees in shelter belts.
An additional hectare is planted in totara trees, protected by coprosma, which act as nursery plants.
