by PaituAdmin | Oct 2024 | Garden, Garden kids, Recipes, Spring
This list of NZ edible flowers introduces 16 flowers that you can eat, that are grown from seed. What delight flowers bring to our world. They bring joy on so many levels – Beauty, Food for bees, butterflies and birds, Medicine, Creative inspiration,...
by PaituAdmin | Feb 2024 | Garden kids, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons
February is when the Tōtara fruits where I live. Tōtara berries edible delight! I hold this tree in high regard, what an amazing tree! Considered a rakau rangitira, a chiefly tree by Māori, Tōtara’s timber was traditionally used for building, carving, tools and...
by PaituAdmin | Mar 2023 | Celebrations, Garden, Garden kids, Recipes, Summer
Summer Hungarian flatbread recipe (Lángos). Preserving the feel of summer, festival feels in my mouth … We have so many tomatoes growing I either have to make food, or preserve them! I wish I could say that I tried Lángos in Hungary, where this traditional flat...
by PaituAdmin | Mar 2022 | Autumn, Garden kids, Learning resources, Māori Seasons, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, Seasons and Cycles
What is the Autumnal Equinox? The Autumnal Equinox marks a shift in the seasons, a time when day and night are near equal length, and is celebrated in many cultures throughout the world. Equinoxes happen only twice per year, in Autumn and in Spring.While it is Autumn...
by PaituAdmin | Feb 2022 | Autumn, Garden kids, Māori Seasons, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, NZ Forest School Resources, NZ Homeschool Resources, Seasons and Cycles
Seasons of Aotearoa : Autumn Nature Hunt Ngahuru / Autumn offers up such a visual account of how the seasons change and an opportune time to talk to our tamariki about the seasons. A magnificent display of autumn leaves will soon colour the landscape on our land and...
by PaituAdmin | Sep 2021 | Garden, Garden kids, Nature kids, Recipes, Spring
Time in the garden has always been part of our kids lives. From a young age, it provided a place to sleep in the shade nestled in the hammock or pram, a place to play in the paddling pool or help dig potatoes. We’d bring lunch boxes with extra snack as we all...
