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Elaeagnus x ebbingei

Botanical name  Elaeagnus x ebbingei

Details  Fast-growing, wind, cold & salt tolerant. Dense evergreen dark-green shrub with glossy leaves.
Highly-scented white flowers in autumn followed by orange-red edible fruit mid spring (Early October at blockhill).
Fruiting after 4 years
Nitrogen fixer.

Family  Elaeagnaceae

Flowers  White

Diameter  5.00

Forest layer  shrub

Height (m)  5

Drought tolerance  

Edible  

Evergreen  

Fruit / berries  

Nitrogen fixer  

Perennial  

Shade / Sun  Full shade to full sun

Soil type  Most

Wind tolerance  Maritime exposure

Tags    berries  spring 

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Chooks are laying again!

We were beginning to question the commitment of our chooks (and the manhood of our rooster) as the winter egg famine failed to break.

I spent numerous evenings digging the ground to expose worms, collecting sea shells for grit and finally they are away.

August 29, 2010

  Laying  eggs  spring  chooks 

olmec

First blossoms of the season

One of the young almond trees we planted in the new orchard last year was the first tree to blossom.

This is an early variety called monavale. I only hope it is not too early as we have been getting the odd frost.

August 10, 2011

  almond  nut  blossom  spring 

olmec

More about our almonds

Colours of spring

Details  A lush time of year, when a lot of good growing gets done and the shape of summer is still around the corner.

Date  October 08, 2017

Tags    2017  October  Spring  Blossom 

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Snow in October

After a week of damp and cloudy, the weather reached a wintry climax with flurries of snow and a good dumping up on the hills. The ground was wet and boggy for a few days and the streams gushed noisily.

October 09, 2009

  snow  spring 

Spring in the Food Forest

Details  Flowering apricot and almonds, spring bulbs and nitrogen fixing shrubs.

Date  September 03, 2019

Tags    2019  September  Spring  Food Forest 

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Spring in the 'forest'

Spring is here again and this almond is putting on a show. Planted just 3 years ago, this is the second year it has produced a crop. Looking forward to it. Also in the photo is Dmitry the muscovy.

August 27, 2013

  spring  food forest  duck 

olmec

9 years anniversary

Details  Our yearly ritual of dressing in aged wedding attire and making a photo shoot to mark the passing of time. This year we had the assistance of intern, Zach, behind the camera to make things more creative.

Date  November 01, 2017

Tags    anniversary  wedding  spring  2017 

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Elderflower 'champagne'

This sparkling and refreshing (mildly alcoholic) drink is made from the fermentation of flowers from the elder tree using a process similar to that of ginger beer.
The flowers give the drink a light, sweet airy flavor

November 10, 2009

  brewing  bottling  alcohol  drink  elderflower  spring  recipe 

olmec

What's involved

Blossoms before the storm

Spring blossoms on the plum tree before an approaching storm.

August 20, 2010

  Spring  Blossoms 

olmec

little chickens

The little bantams have arrived. There are 15 in total: 7 from one mother and 8 from the other. We have put both groups in the same chookhouse. So they have gotten all mixed together and it seems there is a favourite mother. She has 11 at the moment, and the other only has 4. I suppose they will keep swapping and sharing babies.

October 13, 2010

  Chickens  Video  Spring 

Melisa Sinclair

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Snow - cold, white and good for the soil?

Along with most of the country, we got a heavy dumping of snow.

Exciting and novel for the first 24 hours it quickly becomes cold, mushy and tiresome.

On the upside, it turns out snow has measurable benefits to the soil. Some even call it poor man's fertiliser.

August 15, 2011

  snow  benefits  fertiliser  nitrogen  winter  spring 

olmec

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Spring, a yellow time of year

It's spring, there's a lot of yellow about and bumbles are everywhere. From the almond to the wattle, our fury little helpers are busy moving genetic material from tree to tree, pollinating the flowers and ensuring a good harvest.

September 04, 2012

  bumblebee  sanctuary  spring  2012  yellow 

olmec

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Tomatoes in September

Details  Ok, so it's only one tomato right now but there are more coming. One of the many end of season tomatoes that was composted into the glasshouse beds during construction is off to a fine start.

Date  September 02, 2013

Tags    tomato  spring  glasshouse 

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CCSP Kaikoura 6 monthly tour of blockhill

Details  Once again the students from Kaikoura CCSP visited for a tour and explanation for the method.

Date  October 17, 2019

Tags    2019  October  Spring  Tour  CCSP