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  • Permaculture Design & Natural Organic Food Forest Gardening in North Canterbury New Zealand (NZ)
    • Natural low impact living, permaculture design, sustainable horticulture and energy
      • Demonstrating practical knowledge for sustainable, resilient living. Permaculture inspired design.
      • Experience and explore while learning about creating and growing temperate food forest gardens
      • Participate & learn, hands on experience, volunteer exchange opportunities on permaculture gardens
      • Comments and feedback from guests and visitors.
      • Blockhill is located in North Canterbury near the town of Cheviot just over an hour from Christchuch
      • Things to see and do close by.
    • Online shop selling useful plants, seeds, children's books and permaculture design consultancy
      • Children's picture books published by blockhill written and illustrated by Melisa Sinclair NZ author
      • Buy locally grown organic plants seeds to grow your own food forest flowers, shrubs and trees
      • We sell a range of seasonal fresh fruit grown in our organic forest garden home orchard.
      • Fruit tree scion and bud wood for grafting and budding your own home orchard
      • Forest garden plants, tubers, cuttings and bulbs
      • Garden consultation & design services for edible landscaping
      • Permaculture landscape and gardening design consultancy and advice. Resilient, edible, drought proof
      • Information relating to online purchases, shipping / delivery
    • Updates, information and day to day progress reports from the block.
    • Organic gardening, permaculture and animal husbandry. Living the good life, staying healthy.
      • Forest garden, food forest, agroforestry, swales, permaculture, natural gardening.
        • Plant species diversity is the key to a healthy balanced ecosystem
        • A historical record of plantings, activities and progress in the north canterbury food forest
      • Chooks, Chickens, Rooster, Cat and other animals
        • Integrating pigs in a small farm, food forest context
        • Insect Conservation and Habitat Creation
        • Feathery egg machines, living, roaming free range wild in the trees. Our hens, roosters and chickens
      • High productivity, edible landscapes, forest gardening, organic, healthy, fruit, vegetables
        • Wild Animals, Hares, Rabbits, Birds, Insects
        • Offsetting abundant produce for consumption out of season. Drying, pickling, preserving, freezing.
      • Solar, wind turbine, water wheels and bio-gas. Free (alternative) energy solutions for rural life
      • rain water harvesting, infiltration swales, contour and terrace gardening, low rainfall landscaping
      • Information and resources for mapping, gps, climate and weather data for New Zealand
      • Appropriate technology, tools and solutions. Complexity vs resilience
      • Finance, accounting, economics, debt, saving, alternative currency
      • Creative and artistic, practical and beautiful creations that are natural
      • Getting the most out of land with sustainable practices and permaculture design
    • Introducing Melisa and Olmec Sinclair. Living naturally at blockhill in Canterbury New Zealand
      • Take a visual tour of the blockhill estate and experience the different sights and seasons
        • We enjoy a range of seasonal weather ranging from frosts and snow in winter to hot clear summer days
      • If you are interested in finding out more, sharing ideas please get in touch