Hakea

It doesn't matter that we harvest bananas all the time, each harvest is just as much exciting!!

This bananas have such a decent size, you might confused with the ones that came from Eucador!

Don't be fooled tho, they are grown right here at Whāingaroa, Raglan in our food forest 🌴

It's hard times with all the extreme weather. While feeling sad & praying for all those affected, we find these times are all extremely valuable in reading the landscapes and reevaluating our systems for diversity and resilience.

We go out in the rain too watch, where the water is naturally overflowing. These patterns help us make decisions to plant for the needs of the land for one thing.

We planted Taros where we don't have gutters, and they have been loving all the water. They are probably a metre and half tall with big leaves. Taro is one of those special crops of New Zealand that fed people long time.

We also planted a little valley with bananas as we observed over a time how the water naturally flows there and it is damp even when it's dry elsewhere. It doesn't look much at the stage but over time they will make the banana forest right alongside the scenic reserve track.

Did I mention we love walking and harvesting food 😋