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  • 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

  • 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