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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Yummy Yams!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    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