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  • A luscious pair of pears!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    Pears are starting to ripen in the Food Forest

    Posted in Farm shop, Food Forest, Pear

  • Ruru Time!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    We surprised a little ruru! 

    Posted in Food Forest Visitors, Food Forest Walk, Ruru

  • 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

  • Damson Plum Time!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    This young Damson Plum tree is laden with plums! It's only been planted for the past three years and every year it produces amazingly. Pictured is...
    Posted in Damson Plum, Plum

  • Wonderful new Tinui Food Forest Video

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Happy to have this wonderful new video given to us by a lovely guest we had staying here with us over Christmas! Thank you Janine! View here
    Posted in Alpaca, Farm shop, Food Forest Visitors, Guinea Fowl

  • Still looking for the perfect gift?

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Are you still looking for the perfect present for your favorite Food Forester? Give them something truly unforgettable this Christmas… the chance ...
    Posted in 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

  • Elderflower everywhere!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    Elderflower everywhere! Really enjoying the flowers this year- so fragrant and pretty. Got a big batch of Elderflower Nectar on the go-a bit fiddly...
    Posted in Elderflower

  • 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

  • Rengarenga lily's are edible!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    One thing I enjoy doing in the Food Forest is to include plants that we usually think of as decorative only. Partly it's fun- it's a laugh when you...
    Posted in rengarenga lily, unusual edible plants

  • First seasons harvest!

    by Deborah Butterfield
    First harvesting of the new season! Broad beans, elderflowers and roses. Ok, a strange combo, but at this time of year you take what you can get! ...
    Posted in broad beans, Elderflower