Kaiwaka Food Forest

25/10/2026

The Fibonacci Cathedral is nearing completion. I'm looking forward to dressing it for our first guests next month.

13/10/2026

It's a pinkish bloom and blossom kinda Spring day here with flowers emerging daily.
The bumble bees and honeybees are working away pollinating and turning nectar into honey.
The apple blossom is always the last of the pip and stone fruits but the feijoa flowers will be emerging any day now too.
There is always something new happening in the seasonal cycles of the food forest.

12/10/2026

I have promised to list my fig plants for sale for the last two weeks...I'm very sorry to say I still need to get them organized before I can make that list.
Check back in 3 weeks.

06/10/2026

Every Spring we get warnings about using bagged garden mixes and Legionaires disease.
Don't be fearful, be careful.
Damped your gardening medium so there'sno dust.
Stand upwind.
Ensure you have very good airflow if you're working indoors, in your greenhouse.
Wear a mask if you want but other precautions are probably better as a mask gives a false sense of security in my opinion.
Enjoy gardening as it is extremely good for your health!

Nationwide, 135 of 152 people with Legionnaires’ disease were hospitalised.

06/10/2026

Potatoes are an incredible food that's so versatile, nutritious and comforting to eat.
When they're homegrown, they're full of goodness. Supermarket Potatoes are often old, stored for many months to regulate the market and availability in stores. Supermarket Potatoes give me a stomach ache. Homegrown Potatoes do not.
So please grow your own Potatoes! It's one of the easiest ways to start gardening.
Get a large bucket, drill some big holes in the bottom, put some branches and logs in the bottom then 3/4 fill it with compost.
Place your sprouted Potatoes in and cover with compost.
Once the sprouts break thru, top it up with more compost, leaving a couple of leaves poking thru.
Water if the soil is dry.
Harvest in 3 months!

03/10/2026

The honeybees are excited to have a new Queen!
Time to catch a swarm.
But first set up the new hive, after making a temporary hive floor.

28/09/2026

Blossom season is such nourishing soul food.
I even have apricot and cherry blossoms!

21/09/2026

The Fibonacci Cathedral is progressing well and looking amazing. This team of awesome people are doing a lovely job.

20/09/2026

The fig saplings are ready to pot up when you can see a good number of roots out the bottom of the pot.
It's important to keep pots off the soil so they 'air prune' themselves and Don't grow into the ground while still in the pot.
Handle the plant with great care to protect the fragile brittle roots. Never tease apart fig roots like you can with most fruit trees, instead keep the root ball compact and carefully pack soil around it in a slightly bigger pot to reduce shock to the plant.
Rare fig varieties are rare because they are more difficult to grow successfully. My nursery has many lovely strong fig plants now and I'm looking forward to the strong Spring growth shooting away in the next few weeks.

16/09/2026

Nothing like a little plant therapy to lift my spirits.