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Bananas

From half a dozen banana stems to productive patch we can barely keep up with. The story of our bananas, as we've learned it.

In 2019 we planted six banana stems and now we can barely keep up with them!

See how things have changed, and what we've learned, from the very beginning.

The beginnings of our banana plantation

Banana farmer

We’ve planted some bananas on the farm!

The Outpost, April 2020

Lockdown week three: Some updates

A whole lot of updates on things I’ve blogged about before.

Native trees waiting outside the greenhouse for planting

Trees that count

Last week I went on a planting spree and we got 70 native trees into the soil.

Orotere Outpost May 2021

A slew of updates

Generally, I blog about what’s new, and what’s going on right now. Today, I’m looking back and providing some updates on stuff from the past 2 years.

Looking up at the leaves of a banana plant

The banana plantation

An update on the patch of bananas we planted back in December 2019.

Hillside I'm planning to transform now - a blank slate

Planning a miniature food forest

I’ve been thinking and scheming – and I think I’ve come up with a plan for our first area of ‘food forest’.

The bananas after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Storm surge

We weren’t entirely unscathed by Gabrielle, but we are left feeling very grateful.

Kat and Pam the chicken

An update post

A collection of updates about eggs, chickens, worms, weather, and garlic.

Stem of bananas growing on our property.

Banana farmin

We are officially eating our own home-grown bananas!!

A whole lot of dahlia flowers.

Summer update

A few of the things I’ve been up to over my summer break.

A single sunflower, just before sunset.

What’s happening in the garden?

The gardens are starting to really pay off!

Two slices of banana bread - one smothered in butter - on a plate.

Banana loaf

A reliable, delicious way to deal with an arm of quickly-ripening bananas. Freezes well too.

Banana patch after tidying it up this week.

5 tips for tidying up your bananas

Practical tips for maintaining a banana clump. Hard-learned lessons from someone who’s ruined a t-shirt.

A bunch of green bananas beside a jar of green banana flour.

Green banana flour

An experiment in making a prodigious banana harvest last longer. More useful than expected, with some caveats