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A 13.5 acre property north of Auckland, New Zealand. The Hobbit and his Missus look forward to hosting you at Fernlea. LOVE the little things. DREAM like a child.
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Fernlea is for family, friends and visitors who want to relax in an idyllic environment and experience how to live off the land and off grid, in style and comfort. Guests will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the local culture, reconnect with the origin of their food supply and get a greater understanding of what it takes to go off grid. For this,13.5 acres countrystay just north of

Auckland, to be ready for guests in 2018 they are busy; clearing gorse, planting fruit trees, and building sheds, a glasshouse, and accommodation. They aim to grow everything they eat, making bread, pasta and cheese, and keeping bees for honey and pollination, and chooks for eggs. Fernlea is a place to -

RELAX, breathe deep and exhale.

16/02/2023

Our grapes survived the Cyclone. Awesome.

16/02/2023

The start of the clean up from Cyclone Gabrielle.

08/02/2023

The Hobbit finds a new pet and brings it into the kitchen. Not sure about that, it looks friendly though.

06/02/2023

The bench at the backdoor painted and in position, perfect place for a morning cuppa.

03/02/2023

Busy Saturday .kiwi

01/02/2023

Chook party at Fernlea ... BYO.

28/01/2023

Wee bit of an identity crisis.... Bibby is a peahen (female peacock) not a pheasant as we originally thought.

21/01/2023

The glasshouse is the happy place for Bibby, our rescued baby pheasant chick.

20/01/2023

New artwork .kiwi

15/01/2023

Always time to have a glass of wine and do some artwork .kiwi. Sunflower on a glass panel to brighten up even the dullest day.

08/01/2023

Our 'rainbow' eggs collected today. No matter size or colour they all taste good.

02/01/2023

Eye spy our first zucchini for the season. A favourite vegetable. .kiwi

01/01/2023

Cheers to 2023, and all the best to our fabulous Fernlea family, friends and followers.

01/01/2023

Packing up the decorations for another year, sorry little Santa.

30/12/2022

And after busy day Bibby, the rescued pheasant chick, stretches out on the cushion in the sun. Definitely pampered and wouldn't cope in the wild!

26/12/2022

And the rescued pheasant joins us for brunch

24/12/2022

Happy Christmas to all our gorgeous followers, have a safe and festively fabulous day. .kiwi

21/12/2022

At first our girls were best described as cuddly and cute, then curvy, then 'big b***d' (euphemism for chubby) ... now they are, ...simply fat, no gettingaway from it. Guessing a diet will be their new years resolution! .kiwi

18/12/2022

Loving our lavender .kiwi

18/12/2022

Our summer grapes .kiwi

18/12/2022

Look what's growing in the glasshouse.... .kiwi

18/12/2022

A little traditional Christmas corner .kiwi

18/12/2022

Summer is here... holidays are here....

09/11/2022

The Hobbit multitasking... weeding a patch of the garden on one side of the fence and scratching Barney's, the kunekune, tummy through the fence.

05/09/2022

And the reason we don't harvest more than 28g of peas is because they are eaten at coffee break time.

23/05/2022

Steady progress on the piggies new home. They feel the cold so the pressures on to get it done soon.

21/05/2022

Sitting on the couch counting cows. If you want a chilled break, we do exlcusive weekend stays you are welcome, to book go to www.Fernlea.kiwi .kiwi

21/05/2022

Wherever Scooby is... little Jimmy is never too far away.
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17/05/2022

When you look out the window and sheep stare back at you plus it is rainy, you know you are in New Zealand.

09/05/2022

Created a wee corner for morning coffee break in the glass house. It is warm and cozy.

Address

111 Tawa Avenue
Kaiwaka
0745

Website

http://www.fernlea.kiwi/

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Videos

And while all the birds are doing it tough out there in the floods, Bibby is cosy in the Fernlea glasshouse having a smorgasbord of salad. PS Bibby isnt a pheasant as we thought, but a peahen or peacock not sure which as they are hard to sex when young.

Bibby the pheasant chick supervising the loading of the dishwasher.

The pied piper, with a pheasant chick, a dog and a muscovy.

#rescuedpheasantchick being helpful in the glasshouse

We rescued this baby pheasant just 5 days ago and it has already become the Hobbits shadow....

After a heavy storm we found this abandoned pheasant chick. It has been kept warm in a beanie, here it is in the bedroom with us. So far doing well. @fernlea.kiwi

It is tea time. Fred and Barney heading back from the paddock. Barney is always in the lead, Fred comes back puffing and panting.

Land to table at Fernlea, the glasshouse is abundant.

Two day old lamb called Dot. She is pretty wriggly.

Spring time is lamb time at Fernlea.

Cindy & Mindy are being chased by the new ram, Stud Muffin.

Living land to table, is our aspiration.

Sometimes you just want to put your feet up.

Watching this video absolutely confirms why the Hobbit got the job title of 'Animal Whisperer' .

Shearing time for Mindy and Cindy. The Hobbit is putting ointment on the few nicks on Mindy, it happens... just like nicking yourself when shaving. Both girls are relieved to get their heavy coats off now we are into spring and warmer days. We will be using the wool for insulation.

Our new spring Fernlea babies, Araucana chicks. This breed of chicken originates from Chile.

And another new Fernlea family member born this afternoon to mum, Holy Cow.

We have a new baby at Fernlea, Maisy the mum is doing well and is very proud of her baby.

Our neighbour had a swarm of bees. The Hobbit aka les Janett collected them this morning and they look like they have settled in their new home. Fernlea now has bees.... yay.