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  • TrailorGate!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    I'm calling this "TrailorGate". Not bad for an old trailor cage eh? Now that the climbing roses are making a start at actually climbing- well I thi...
    Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Walk, Kitchen Garden, Re-purposing

  • Hooray for Hazels!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Hazel trees are amazing in the Food Forest!

    Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Walk, Hazel

  • Multi-Layered Growing

    by Deborah Butterfield
    The all important multi-layered approach to growing a Food Forest! Pictured here is a row in the Tinui Food forest Kitchen Garden area showing all ...
    Posted in Food Forest

  • From Sourdough to Food Forests

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Fresh from her triumph with the Sour Dough for Beginners course held at Tinui last Sunday @charlotte.heald and local farmer Suz came for a walk aro...
    Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Course, Food Forest Visitors, Food Forest Walk

  • Happy Hallowean Food Foresters!!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Happy Hallowean Food Foresters!! To celebrate I got my "Harry Potters" out for a quick fly through the Food Forest!😉 They had a great time but were...
    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest

  • That was a fun weekend!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Labour weekend opening of Tinui Food Forest was a busy and fun time! 

    Posted in alpacas, Farm shop, Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors, Food Forest Walk

  • We're Open!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    looking forward to the long Labour Weekend!

    Posted in Alpaca, Farm shop, Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors

  • Only humans like it tidy

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Nature needs a mess!

  • New Chook House

    by Deborah Butterfield

    New Chook House for my "special" chickens- the girls that I want to keep a close eye on!

    Posted in Chicken, Chinese Silkie, Chooks

  • More owl business going down in Tinui Food Forest!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    I've got to admit, I've been a bit obsessed about creating and mosaicing the ruru this spring!

    Posted in ArtWork, Crafts, Mosaic, Ruru

  • Caught in the Act!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Caught in the act. Guinea Fowl busy checking out the sign "What is a Food Forest?" They like to pretend they can't read. But we all know now! Luck...
    Posted in Food Forest, Guinea Fowl

  • Quincey work happening!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Busy with quinces today here in the Tinui Food Forest.

    Posted in Quince, Quinces