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  • 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

  • Elderflower time!

    by Deb Butterfield
    November is the time here when the elderflower season is in full swing!

  • Make your own garden furniture for free!

    by Deb Butterfield
    A world first- living willow chaise longue! Made from willow legs (planted, so will keep growing) and hazel and other wood sourced from the Tinui F...

  • Alpacas have arrived in Tinui Food Forest!

    by Deb Butterfield
    Tinui Food Forest welcomes some lovely new alpacas to the family!