
My biggest challenges ...
This blog post is in response to Natalie’s 10 Day Freedom Plan Blog Challenge Day 1 I’ve been thinking about what the biggest challenges (read - worries) for me when running Shear Pace are. There are so many of them – here are a few of my favourites - ones I need to find some solutions to. I work in a tiny niche which is generally rural, and in NZ at the last census there were 1584 sheep shearers – this is a pretty small group of people. Often these hardworking people are ba

Creating a Weapon for shearing and woolhandling (or, Getting rid of the dags!).
Now the Golden Shears is over, the winners are all tucked up in bed with their ribbons, and it's just another week in the sheds. I'm guessing you want to hit the podium again, or if you missed, you are desperate to hit the limelight - I want to see you there, that's for sure. I've seen people winning at their sports day in and day out, and shearing is no different. What I see in the shearing industry, is you men and women on the podium are most often the ones with the best pa