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  • 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

  • If a Food Forest doesn't have a teepee is it a Food Forest?

    by Deb Butterfield
    Just puttin it out there... If a Food Forest doesn't have a teepee is it a Food Forest? Haha! Yes I know! Funny eh? This is a willow and hazelwood...
    Posted in Climbers, Food Forest, Hop Vine, Teepee

  • One month later!

    by Deb Butterfield
    One month later! Showing a tiny bit more growth! I have already harvested one bottle of pickled gherkins. The beans are growing. The lebanese cu...
    Posted in arches; garden arches, Food Forest, Garden bed, Hazel, Raised garden, Vegetables

  • Last Elderflower pick!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Last Elderflower pick! This lot of flowers will be left to sit for a few hours to let the many many insects depart- including some really cute litt...
    Posted in Elderflower, Food Forest

  • 5 Hot Tips For Picking Elderflowers

    by Deb Butterfield
    When you're picking Elderflowers there are a few things to watch out for: 1. Smell the Elderflower- you are looking for a sweetly floral scent. If...
    Posted in Elderflower, Food Forest

  • Yep! A Silverbeet Food Forest!

    by Deb Butterfield
    So what's happened here is that the silverbeet has realised it is growing in a Food Forest and has embraced the concept! I've had people visiting...
    Posted in Food Forest, Garden bed, Raised garden, Silverbeet, Vegetables

  • Still looking as good as the day we made it!

    by Deb Butterfield
    This is the entrance to the main "wild" Food Forest. The wood it is made of is hazel and is durable- so we get from the hazel trees not only the y...
    Posted in arches; garden arches, Food Forest, Hazel

  • World First Living Willow Table!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Set in the heart of the Tinui Food Forest is a table with living willow tree legs - planted of course, and with the fruit-inspired mosaic table top...

  • Deb and Poppy under the arches!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Lots of these arches in the Kitchen Garden area of Tinui Food Forest- and they are all in full use- grapes, beans, peans, tomatoes, cucumbers all...
    Posted in arches; garden arches, Garden bed, Re-purposing

  • Someone is enjoying the new shade house!

    by Deb Butterfield
    This is the second frog I've seen- nestled among the seedlings enjoying the facilities. Frogs now have a permanent bowl of water left in the shade ...

  • Re-purposing at work!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Old concrete blocks that once used to be a wall now made into a garden bed- full to the brim with gherkins, lebanese cucumbers, beans, and calend...
    Posted in Garden bed, Raised garden, Re-purposing, Vegetables

  • Fermented Elderberry Honey

    by Deb Butterfield
    The days are getting shorter and colder- fermented elderberry and honey is a great one to have around during cold and flu season– both the honey a...
    Posted in Elderberry