Labour Day

Monday 26th October: Labour Day (not sure what this is but it is a public holiday in NZ so shouldn't it be called No-Labour Day?). Dry in the morning, rain later, then strong winds and heavy rain in the evening.
I had a quiet start to the day doing some more unpacking, then got on with jobs in the garden while it was still dry. Steve played football with the boys, which rather spooked the animals so they watched from further afield.
We have found several little trees growing around the garden so I cleared an area to move them to as a temporary home, and then cleared the small trees from the vegetable garden area. Steve was busy clearing weeds from some areas outside the front of the house, and picked some flowers as he went (see photo).
In the afternoon I got out the rotavator and got to work in the vegetable garden. The ground is uneven with large holes and lumps, thick twitch grass and hard soil. This meant it was hard work to get through the soil. I worked for 2 and a half hours but by then my hands were numb and it was raining too heavily to continue. In the middle of it all (in location and time) Steve decided to light a bonfire. Then at his first attempt at showing any interest in sharing the teaching of our children, he taught Peter to make a petrol bombs. Now how can I follow that?
No trouble from the hens today, and the goat and sheep were busy munching the grass for us, but we don't have enough of them for the land we have.