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  • Hills Be Gone!

    by Deb Butterfield
    After some serious digging work 2 piles (felt like mountains!) of earth moved. Amazing what one mad woman with a vision and a shovel can do! And...
    Posted in arches; garden arches, Climbers, Food Forest, Garden bed, Kitchen Garden, Raised garden, Vegetables

  • Cabbage bowl still looking good!

    by Deb Butterfield
    I made a few of these a while back- using cabbage leaves as a sort of mold for the mortar mix bowl. Fun and easy to do. One of the main reasons I ...
    Posted in Crafts, Food Forest, Vegetables

  • Abundance. That's what you get when you let nature take the lead.

    by Deb Butterfield
    Abundance. That's what you get when you let nature take the lead. Mid winter in the Food Forest and we are still getting plenty to eat. The key wi...
    Posted in Food Forest, Garden bed, Kitchen Garden, Vegetables

  • Why would you want to start a Food Forest?

    by Deb Butterfield
    Why would you want to start a Food Forest? Before you start your Food Forest you need to think about why you are doing it and what your goals cou...
    Posted in Food Forest, Food Forest Visitors, Teepee

  • Amazing Hazel!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Amazing Hazel! Hard to believe that this pretty catkin is the daddy of yummy hazelnuts. Hazels are wind pollinated- so that means to get hazel nut...
    Posted in Food Forest, Hazel

  • New Alpaca Boys at Tinui Food Forest!

    by Deb Butterfield
    The old Ford Transit comes in handy once again! We are the proud owners of 4 new alpacas- courtesy of Jade and family. The first problem was to get...
    Posted in Alpaca, Food Forest

  • Autumn Colours

    by Deb Butterfield
    Autumn colours and grape vines puttin on a show! It's been a good grape year this year- these vines growing over the arches are all around 3 to 4 ...
    Posted in arches; garden arches, Climbers, Food Forest

  • Happy Quince Time!

    by Deb Butterfield
    We've been waiting for the quinces to ripen- and this is the first load. Quinces are a favorite crop here in the Tinui Food Forest- they get used ...
    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest, Fruit Syrup, Quince, Quinces

  • Blackberry time!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Out I go every evening to collect the ripe blackberries. I then wash them and freeze them- ready for my planned Blackberry and Apple Syrup. I hav...
    Posted in Blackberry, Farm shop, Food Forest, Fruit Syrup

  • Living Willow Maze

    by Deb Butterfield
    Living willow maze located in the original 23-year-old Tinui Food Forest. Planted originally because it was too wet for any trees to grow in the a...
    Posted in Food Forest, Maze

  • Cabbages can be fun...honest!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Cabbages can be fun...honest! I've got some strange cabbage growth going on here this year- planted in just about pure silt the cabbages have grown...
    Posted in Crafts, Food Forest, Vegetables

  • Loaded!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Young damson plum tree in full production. Plums aren't ripe yet so a bit of a waiting game going on. Last year we had only a few plums- and they...
    Posted in Damson Plum, Food Forest, Plum