Welcome

Hello. We live in a small rural Canterbury town in New Zealand. In 2015, we moved from an old subdivided city property to a new section with less than 470 square meters of land to transform. We feel blessed to have it and are excited about the opportunities growing. 

Plants & Produce

July: Weeding time

July: Weeding time

It is always a good time for weeding, or as we like to call it thining. In our raised garden beds,...

Day 10: Microgreens trial

Day 10: Microgreens trial

The growing environment is working out well, which we are quite happy about, the cost of running...

Day 9: Microgreens trial

Day 9: Microgreens trial

The trial is going well, we’re learning what we might have done wrong – and we’re planning what other experiments we can do to make improvements.

Finding & Foraging

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Eat

Preparing & Preserving

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Our edible garden

We’ve been here for a few years now, and the yard is really taking a shape – the fruit trees are filling out, roses and other trees and thriving. 

View our edible garden overview here

Our mission is to work out how we can turn good intentions into great productivity!

Our garden design

We are using permaculture principles to make garden spaces where we can enjoy flowers, safely invite native birds to feed and to attract pollinators into our garden to help build a positive ecosystem.

 

  • Care of the Earth
  • Care of people
  • Return of surplus