Coming Up Roses (Wildflower Ridge #2)

Glossary

GLOSSARY

Wildflower Ridge is a New Zealand based sheep and beef farm and as such, this book uses New Zealand spelling and language. I’ve included some Kiwi-isms and farming terms in this glossary to help you out.

Bale feeder - a farming implement for distributing large round silage or hay bales

Bench - a kitchen counter

Bush - native forest

Feeding out - the process of delivering stock feed to the paddocks

Fetlocks - joints in a horse’s legs, essentially their ankles

Gumboots - wellington/rubber boots

Hereford - a breed of beef cattle that is a reddish colour with white face and markings

Manual car - a vehicle with stick shift transmission

Paddock - a fenced off field to keep stock in

Ranchslider - a sliding glass door

Rippers and Power harrow - tractor-pulled farming implements for cultivating ground, ready for planting crops

Sheep and Beef farm - a Kiwi farm that raises both sheep and cattle for beef

Side-by-side - an all terrain farm vehicle

Silage - a grass-based feed for cattle

Toasted sandwich - like a grilled cheese

Ute - a ‘utility vehicle’, commonly referred to as a pick up truck in other parts of the world