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  • Deb in action!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Posted in Food Forest

  • Autumn Asters!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    You know it's Autumn when the Asters get going! Very pretty clouds of beautiful blue flowers- enjoyed by us, and probably more so by the bees! Such...
    Posted in Autumn;, Edible flowers, Food Forest

  • Well underway with tomatoes!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Well underway with tomatoes! Every year I collect the tomato seeds, sow them in spring and then look forward to what grows. Always fun to see all t...
    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest, Preserves, Tomato, Vegetables

  • A luscious pair of pears!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Pears are starting to ripen in the Food Forest

    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest, Pear

  • Lovely Farmstay Feedback!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Sharing a lovely letter that we got from one of our guests not long ago: "Greeting to you both and best wishes for 2026. I came with my brother...
    Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors, Food Forest Walk

  • Caught looking gorgeous!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Caught looking gorgeous- the nest, the old willow fence, and the berries. Hidden away in the Kitchen Garden section of the Tinui Food Forest. One o...
    Posted in Food Forest, Kitchen Garden

  • Canadian Elder and Visitors!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Canadian Day today! I had the pleasure of guiding a couple of Canadian visitors through the Tinui Food Forest- and in between swapping stories of w...
    Posted in Elderflower, Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors, Food Forest Walk

  • Baby Chickens and Guinea Fowl Everywhere!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    10 baby guinea fowls hatched! And the proud mother of 9 of them? Meet our lovely Mabel Chicken. Mabel sat determinedly on the eggs for around 3 wee...
    Posted in Food Forest, Guinea Fowl

  • 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