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  • About Us
  • Articles
    • Animals
      • Rabbits
      • Chickens
      • Goats
      • Beekeeping
      • Pigs
    • Garden
      • Herbal Academy
      • Beginner Gardening Course
      • Monthly Planting Guide
      • Resources + Information
      • ‘How to grow’ series
      • Seasonal Eating + Growing
      • Food Forest Gardening
    • From Scratch Food
      • Sourdough
      • Dehydrating
      • Preserving
      • Fermenting
      • Recipes
      • Woodstove Cooking
    • Homestead Anywhere
      • Join the Revolution!
      • 33 Traditional Skills
      • Books Every Homesteader Should Own
    • Green Living
      • Plastic Free Gifts – Ideas for all ages!
      • Herbal Academy
      • Our Plastic Free Journey
    • Home & Finance
      • Start a Blog
      • Frugal Living
      • Make Your Own
        • Soap, Skin Care and Cleaning products
        • Craft
        • DIY
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Orchard

On our homestead we are putting in a large home orchard. Join us as we are starting a homestead from scratch in New Zealand. Homesteading in New Zealand is a little different to everywhere else. Follow along with out journey.

5 common diseases that affect all citrus trees including oranges, limes and lemons. If you are growing these fruits in your garden, this post is for you! Pin it for later #citrusplants #orchard #piwakawakavalley

Yellow leaves on lemon trees and other common citrus tree issues

Tiny concentrations of picloram, clopyralid and aminopyralid, as low as 1 ppb (parts per billion), can be lethal to sensitive garden plants such as peas, beans, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes and potatoes.

Tomatoes with aminopyralid contamination: Thin and spindly plants with curled leaves

Designing a food forest from the ground up can be an overwhelming and seemingly insurmountable task at the beginning. I have created a series to help you in the design process. I will hold your hand while you get the hang of it all. I am right there beside you growing my own food forest from scratch with you.

The 7 layers of a Food Forest Explained | A List of Plants for a Food Forest

Grafting fruit trees ourselves means we have to wait a couple more years for fruit. It also means I can do it for around $6/tree.

Grafting Fruit Trees – a Step by Step Guide on how to graft a tree

The Ultimate guide to Growing Strawberries: How to grow strawberries anywhere

Growing a food forest is a great way to use permaculture to ensure you have a sustainable, organic, perennial food production space in your backyard. We include 5 steps to creating a food forest at your place.

Backyard Food Forest Layout – 5 Easy Steps to A High Production Food Forest

Use permaculture zones to plan your backyard and homestead with these tips on permaculture design #piwakawakavalley

Using Permaculture Zones to Plan a Homestead

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Fantail Valley Homestead is here to help you learn exactly how you can homestead anywhere. Homesteading is a mindset, a way of life – Get in to it!

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