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  • Salad with Flower Power!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Salad with flower power! Fresh from Tinui Food Forest- some of the ingredients may surprise you! The obvious ones: foraged leafy greens; tomatoes; ...
    Posted in Garden bed, Kitchen Garden, Vegetables

  • Baskets and baskets and bags full of Elderberry!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Amazing harvest this year- and a time of real learning too. I've got two main areas for elderberry plants- I grow the variety sambucus canadensis ...
    Posted in Elderberry

  • Leeks looking lovely lately!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    We've eaten some of the leeks, and we've left some to go to seed. So now both us and the bees get the benefit of them! Loving the flowers and hopin...
    Posted in Vegetables

  • All Things Elderberry!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Elderberry harvesting time in the Tinui Food Forest!
    Posted in Elderberry, Fruit Syrup

  • We've been busy this week!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    We've been busy this week! We've had a visit from a local group and also visits from a local school- St Patrick's School, Masterton where the young...
    Posted in Food Forest, Kitchen Garden

  • Pride Lands Came to Visit!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Pride Lands came to Tinui Food Forest today! Moses and seven lovely young people (cubs) went for a walk around the Food Forest. Got lost in the ma...
    Posted in Food Forest Visitors, Schools

  • Simply Quince Gift Box

    by Deborah Butterfield
    With Christmas approaching thought it could be a good idea to think about some Food Forest gift boxes- what do you think? All made with quinces gro...
    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest, Preserves, Quince, Quinces

  • We're open for self guided walks!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Wander through the 4 acres of Food Forest, meet the friendly farm animals (including Alpacas), and lose yourself in the living willow maze! Farm s...
    Posted in arches; garden arches, Farm shop, Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors, Kitchen Garden, Maze

  • Uh oh! What do I do?

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Uh oh! What do I do? A delightful, self introduced new wild plant has arrived in the Tinui Food Forest. Usually a time of celebration and happiness...
    Posted in Food Forest, Kitchen Garden, Raised garden, Vegetables, Wild Plants

  • Beautiful day at Castlepoint Beach!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    A really calm gorgeous spring day at Castlepoint Beach. Dropping of Tinui Food Forest leaflets at the Castlepoint Holiday Park & Motels and ha...
    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest, Fruit Syrup, Plum, Preserves, Quince, Quinces

  • 5 Common Food Forest Mistakes

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Here at Tinui Food Forest I get to meet a lot of Food Foresters - and many aspiring Food Foresters. When I talk with them I share the mistakes I h...
    Posted in Food Forest

  • Living willow maze now summer ready!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Living willow maze now summer ready! Spent the day trimming and tidying the maze. Big job! I first planted the maze not long after we started the F...
    Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors, Maze