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22.01.2022 Our final workshop for the year and it is very encouraging that more and more people are becoming conscious of the risks faced by our Bee population. Our native bees are such wonderful pollinators and they come in so many sizes. The group asked so many questions and gleaned a lot from the knowledge of Alex. We were fortunate to site a number of Colony and solitary bees including a very busy Blue banded Bee who moved from flower to flower at an amazing pace.

21.01.2022 One of our Dragonfruit in full flower. Because the flowers last such a short time we never tire of them. We follow a number of pages who we prefer not to miss their posts. With the algorithms Facebook use plus the amount of paid advertising it is easy to miss posts you would prefer not to. Here is how you avoid that. Click on the three dots up in the right hand corner of those pages you wish not to miss. Then click on follow settings. You will see the two choices are then Favourites or Default. If you want to miss no posts - click on Favourites.

09.01.2022 This photo was taken on Tuesday. That is a Quince in the photo. We planted a Cassava and an Arrowroot either side of it yesterday. We did the same structure as we used for the Nashi Pear which I shared some weeks ago. We built the rear up using varying size lumps of timber - soft and hard woods and then covering with some of our compost and then mulching the whole back wall with rocks. This is a combination of techniques including Hugelkultur and Back to Eden. The wood chip i...s a good 6 inches. The water retention is fabulous and in normal weather conditions unlikely to need watering. Whilst it does take time to maximise the benefits of using Back to Eden we see benefits in a very short time. The water saving happens quickly and if you start with reasonable soil nature goes to work very quickly. For those not familiar with Quince they are best known as a fruit used in Jams. Much, much more common in our grandparents or great grandparents time. This one flowered recently but is not strong for me to allow any number of fruit to set. See more

05.01.2022 One of our Choko vines. This one is really producing at present. When I was a child you did not see Choko in shops. It was generally a crop grown by a limited number of people. My dad was a prolific grower of vegetables, yet I can't recall him ever growing them. They are about $9 or $10 a kg in the big supermarkets. Beautiful when baked and great in stirfrys. My mum only evet steamed them and she cooked the living daylights out of it. They are a great crop for those who want to be more sustainable because they are nutrient dense and yield a lot of produce. Once established they are quite hardy and need little attention, producing for years. They will keep for weeks in the fridge. We freeze them in strip's for baking and cubed for stirfrys and soups.

02.01.2022 This is one of our two Peanut trees. We have around 30 different bushtucker species and as you would expect the black edible seeds of this one taste like Peanuts. Peanut trees are a rainforest species from the same family as Cacao and Hibiscus and grow 5 to 10 metres tall. They are an attractive tree with a nice spreading canopy. Our two are located on the edge of our largest cabin dam not far from banana plot 1. Both are getting a bit of size and have solid trunks. They should add to the growing number of producing fruit trees in the near future. We will be doing very little Tour or Workshop wise over Summer but have logged numerous for March and April in the Events section of this page. Hope you get to join us in the new year.