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
Water catchment
Having arranged the water storage for garden use, I noticed that there were other down pipes that...
Water storage
With our summer looming and the cost of domestic water increasing we have been increasing the...
Crop planting
It’s October and I have started planting out a row of various crops at the Springston patch....
Finding & Foraging
Zipping at the Christchurch Adventure Park
We had a wonderful afternoon completing the 4 zip lines at the Christchurch Adventure Park, the...
Book review: Small space organics
Josh Byrne has produced a fantastic resource in creating this gardening know-how book. The rich...
Tree planting and travels
https://youtu.be/GzmtbKy6nJA
the walking man walks
We've recently kick started our video collection. One of us has a Fine Arts degree and is really...
Preparing & Preserving
Foraged Apples – Pie, Jelly & Muffins
We were lucky enough to come across an old-style apple tree on a locals property. The tree had...
The transformation of Quince
Our quince tree has been prolific right from the start. Initially, we had about 15 large fruits...
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
