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
Preparing for summer crops
Trying hard not to count our pumpkins before they develop we have started to sow seeds in our grow...
Springston patch planting
Today I visited the plot of land that we've been allocated. The ground is well compacted and...
Springston soil review
We visited the patch of land that we have access to in Springston today and started to plan the...
Finding & Foraging
Travelling up country
Images from a recent trip up to Flock Hill Station.
Travelling back from Christchurch
Recently we've been testing out our new GoPro MAX 360 and seeing what it can capture and thinking...
Welcome to our compost bin
Some might say that is not a bin at all, but it works. It is winter in New Zealand at the moment, and our compost is very warm and steaming even on days with -5ºC frosts.
Applying pruning tips & visiting
Some of our family lives on a lifestyle block, and they have planted over the last few years a...
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
