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  • 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

  • Beautiful Wild Plants!

    by Deborah Butterfield

    A beautiful reminder of why the wild plants are so important in the Food Forest!

    Posted in Butterflies, Kitchen Garden, Wild Plants

  • 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