Being Prepared for Fires

I'd really love it to rain right now. Well, soon: it's Friday afternoon and I'm biking to the pub.

It’s been dry in Canterbury for months. It’s normal for summers to have low rainfall, but we are well into autumn and I’m still waiting for rain to plant out cuttings and garlic. Even the weeds are struggling.

There was a community meeting this week with FENZ (fire and emergency New Zealand). They are extremely concerned about the threat of fire and they…