News – Tagged "Food Forest"– Tinui Food Forest

Caught in the Act!

by Deborah Butterfield August 8, 2025

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...

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Yummy Yams!

by Deborah Butterfield July 15, 2025

Yummy Yams! Harvested enough for dinner tonight- roasted yams..delicious! Yams do surprisingly well in the Food Forest. The process starts with a ...

Posted in Food Forest, Vegetables, Yam

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How to Start A Food Forest Workshop June 2025 Went Really Well!

by Deborah Butterfield June 30, 2025

How to Start A Food Forest Workshop June 2025 Went Really Well!

Happy to say that the June 2025 "How to Start a Food Forest" Workshop went really well! Lisa and Janet were our attendees and we had a couple of ...

Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Course, Food Forest Workshop, Forest Garden Course, Forest Garden Workshop, Propagating, Workshop

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

by Deborah Butterfield June 6, 2025

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

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

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I Love Autumn!

by Deborah Butterfield June 1, 2025

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

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

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Exciting first year of harvesting Ulluco!

by Deborah Butterfield May 13, 2025

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...

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Counting Beans!

by Deborah Butterfield May 6, 2025

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

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Celebrating Jerusalem Artichokes

by Deborah Butterfield April 23, 2025

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

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We're Back!

by Deborah Butterfield April 9, 2025

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

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Great pears this year!

by Deborah Butterfield March 1, 2025

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

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Prepare Yourself For a Shock

by Deborah Butterfield February 24, 2025

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

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We've been busy this week!

by Deborah Butterfield December 14, 2024

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

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