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  • Once upon a time..

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Something a bit strange happening at Tinui Food Forest!

    Posted in Chicken, Chinese Silkie, Chooks, Rooster

  • How to Start a Food Forest Workshop 29 & 30 June 2025

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Tinui Food Forest is one of the largest and most established Food Forests in New Zealand. We are now offering a 2 day workshop on how to start your own Food Forest

    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest, Food Forest Course, Food Forest Visitors, Food Forest Workshop, Forest Garden Course, Forest Garden Workshop, Kitchen Garden, Propagating, Vegetables, Wild Plants, Workshop

  • I Love Autumn!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Autumn is the best time to propagate in the Food Forest!

    Posted in Autumn;, Food Forest, Kitchen Garden, Propagating

  • I'll try anything once!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Chinese Artichokes are another great addition to the Food Forest!

  • Beautiful Yacon!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Beautiful Yacon. Also known as an "Earth Apple". The tubers of the Yacon plant can be eaten raw, boiled, dehydrated, roasted or processed into ...

  • Exciting first year of harvesting Ulluco!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Exciting first year of harvesting Ulluco! Ulluco is a tuber crop native to the Andes, where it was developed alongside the similar tuber crops pot...
    Posted in Food Forest

  • Counting Beans!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    I'm no bean counter 😄- but this little lot harvested today will start the bean seed collection nicely for the spring!

    Posted in Food Forest, Vegetables

  • Celebrating Jerusalem Artichokes

    by Deborah Butterfield
    It's that time of year again- time to celebrate the good old Jerusalem Artichokes! Year after year they just do their own thing- they appear in ...
    Posted in Food Forest, Jerusalem Artichoke, Vegetables

  • We're Back!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    After a fantastic few weeks away in the South Island on holiday we are now back to reality and our Food Forest is again open for visitors! The t...
    Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors

  • Great pears this year!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Started harvesting the pears- around 20kg processed today. It's a bit hard judging when pears are ready- you basically pick them unripe and then le...
    Posted in Food Forest, Pear

  • Prepare Yourself For a Shock

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Prepare yourself for a shock- my vege garden is a little bit wild! A lot actually! Complete chaos really! And all by design! As a good keen Food Fo...
    Posted in Food Forest, Garden bed, Vegetables

  • Trevor Trouble with Tromboncinos!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Trevor the dog is desperate for me to throw those tromboncino stick things around! Unfortunately for Trevor, they are going to be dinner- for the ...
    Posted in Vegetables