Tasman Bay Farm

26/06/2025

Mushroom Post 🍄‍🟫

Winter is a fabulous time to grow and harvest mushrooms. For eating 😋 and medicinal use.
I had a beautiful crop of turkey tail this season, with more still to fruit.

Turkey tail mushroom (trametes versicolor) is an amazing fungi for boosting immune function
It has anti cancer properties, and is full of bioactive compounds and antioxidants. I find it amazing for gut health and energy. I dehydrated the majority, blitzed it into a big jar, and I add a small spoonful to our morning flat whites ☕️ ☕️ it's unrecognizable taste wise.

This is such a easy mushroom to grow, and making your own is way cheaper than buying a powdered supplement.

The remaining I make tincture, often mixed with Unsea harvested locally, as these two make a beautiful synergy of healing immune boosting goodness ☀️

Picture of some Oyster Mushrooms ready to harvest 🍄 they are prolific at the moment, delish and I'm not complaining 😋

23/06/2025

You guys rock 🐕🙏🫶 thank you for your support for Cohen

18/06/2025

Our son Cohen is fundraising for his rubgy team journeying to Oamaru 🏉🏈🏉. You can sponsor his shirt, for as little as $1, you will get your name/business name printed on it. Cohen plays in 3 teams, and is somewhat rugby mad, your support is appreciated 🫶

https://www.gotyaback.co.nz/mhs-rural-live-stock-rugby-2025-cohen-schrider-1750218070

19/05/2025

Perfect time of the year and conditions to refresh the mushrooms in the garden. These are king stropharia, or wine cap mushrooms 🍄 this patch will spread and give us a continuous food source for years to come 🤩🤩🤩

Also popped down some fresh batches of oyster mushrooms.

MUSHROOM WORKSHOP COMING UP, I WILL RELEASE DATES LATER THIS WEEK 🥰🍄🍄🍄🍄

Great informative workshop on how to grow and crop your own oyster mushrooms from scratch for your family, an affordable and nutritious food source.

I will also be teaching how to set up a mushroom bed in your garden like the one pictured 🌟🌟

08/03/2025

This week marks 4 years since we brought a 10 acre bare block of land and began our wee dream here ✨️ ❤️ 💕

4 years of hard graft, blood sweat and some tears. Trail and error, plenty of learning curves, and so much fun and gratitude 🙏 for our oppotunity to call this piece of paradise HOME.

There is not a day I don't wake up and feel totally so lucky to be living this life (also not many days we don't fall into bed tired 😴 and physically knackered from all the hard yakka)

In 4 years, we have created a successful business that generates full time income, creates biodiversity, and many new habitats for the bird and insect populations, and the benificial fungi 🍄‍🟫.

We grow the majority of what we eat in meat, dairy, fruit &vegetables, chickens, catch fish 🐟 weekly 2 min down the road, even make out own booze from boysenberries (so delish but wowzers, good times 😉🥴)
we rely less and less on the supermarket trips. Still a long way to go.....but its a start.

It's hard work, and not something I don't think I could manage if I had to work off the property elsewhere; but we get the feeling that past generations (and many current) that know this way of living as the only way of living: were truly onto something ✨️🌟
Pic's of recent happenings over the week & the foliage season in full swing supporting out amazing local florists here and around NZ

19/02/2025

This is the most amazing Tallow face cream I have tried. It smells gorgeous and leaves the skin feeling super moisturised. Kat stocked her tallow soaps in our wee shop over the summer ~ and has since branched out into skincare. Her soaps were super lovely, so I am not surprised this stuff is next level too. Big generous jar size, such good value, and ......local!

Our shop is now shut until next season ~ but I think this product deserves a heads up. Try it, you won't be disappointed 🥰🧐🌹

www.thetallowsoapery.co.nz

07/02/2025

Tomorrow is our last day open for ice creams 🤩🤩 12 - 5pm (Saturday)

Send a message to learn more

31/12/2024

* APPARENTLY it's 60 days bad luck if you don't have a real fruit ice cream 🍦🍦🍦 on NEW YEARS DAY

LUCKILY 🙌💕💓 ......

WE ARE HERE TO HELP

OPEN TODAY

11am - 5.30pm

See you soon 😊

347 Aporo Road, Tasman

Lots of fresh berries too

25/12/2024

We are open today for real fruit ice cream and boysenberries 💛❤️💛 10am - 5.30pm

24/12/2024

A massive shout out to all the lovely families that have supplied their goods in our shop this season........I absolutely smashed 🔥 it today selling on your behalf, and so look forward to passing on well earned $$ to you all.....when I get a moment to sort through it all!!!!

Our community is wonderful, shopping local is the best 👌 thankyou to you all and Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤️

23/12/2024

Berries Berries Berries

BOYSENBERRIES FAMILY PACKS $13

coming in off the berry field fresh as can be today until sold

347 Aporo Road, Tasman

Yum

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22/12/2024

Tash is a local photographer that prints these gorgeous photos she takes onto bags! Beautiful canvas bags

A gorgeous local 🎁 gift showcasing some of our beautiful scenery in the region.

These are really special. Thanks Tash

Come and check them out.