2009-2011 Permaculture Zones Looking Good.

Vegetable garden, looking very messy with the chook house in the background. We collected a boot full of washed up seaweed two winters ago, and the herbs in particular are still thriving from having gone to the effort of gathering it. The herbs are a very promising income earner for the land.

Summer 2010/2011 saw the most amazing display of these flowering cactus that filled the night air with it's beautiful scent.

The Tiger Lillies have put on their first real display after three years in the ground. My father raised the tiny bulbs for us to plant, and hopefully in the future they will be another small source of income.

The Leyland Cypress are now huge, as you can see. The bus is finally being obscured by planting... that is the roof of the bus you can just see in the centre of the photo. 

The Citrus that have had adequate shelter from the wind when first planted have done very well up here. This year is the first year we have had a decent crop from the Mandarin seen extreme left above, and in the photo below. 

The Golden Queen Peach tree was self seeded, and although it has only been there for 4 years, we have had two heavy crops from it in the last two years. Apparently they are one of the few fruit trees that will do this. We have several seedlings coming along well for future planting. They are one of the few crops that do well in the westerly wind up here, as it seems to be keeping the black rot from setting in at harvest time. Another crop to be excited about possible future cash flow.

The Olive grove continues to do well, although no real sign of   yielding much in the way of actual fruit yet. This is an unspecified variety,and although it would be good to have planted a good cropping tree, there is always the opportunity of harvesting for Olive Leaf Extract down the line. Another growing project of my fathers, and if they don't crop I am lucky enough to have been given all the scientific data on its medicinal properties should the leaf extract be considered as an income stream down the line

The Flax and natives circle a  dip of ground out from the house which has been designated space for our future  small lake/water reservoir. They have only been in the ground for about 18 months and are really happy with where they have been planted by the look of things

Although I am not a great fan of Impatiens, they really lift the garden area here amongst the native plantings.

The Feijoa grove has struggled in the wind up here, but are now getting to a size where they appear to be coping reasonably well.