Written by Kay, (several weeks ago) Join The Regenerative Revolution! The Winter Solstice is upon us, and I’m preparing food for a feast here at Kotare Village. My part of the feast is venison ‘Bourginon’ ie with red wine, herbs garlic and onions and carrots all from the land, including the deer who gave it’s […]
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Written by Kay, Kotare Kidz We have 7 children around the village now… although two of them are living in Wairoa for now….and 2 of them next door renting the only other house up this road. Elenor was our first child born to village settlers (Franzi and Taiamai) and she is now 4!!!!!, and she […]
What is Kotare Culture?
Everyone who arrives at Kotare has their own special skill set. It is one of the delights of having new people arrive. There is the initial welcome and getting to know you and then seeing strengths shining through to provide support to ongoing projects and suggestions to create new ones! Part of the delight in […]
The Wider Community of Wairoa
Kotare Villagers local town of Wairoa is around a 24km ride away and is the northernmost town in the Hawkes Bay area. The word Wairoa is Maori for long river which reflects the length of the serene river which runs through the town. Wairoa is like a garden that has once been bountiful and then […]
Community Supported Broth
Some people may of heard of CSA, as in Community Supported Agriculture, well have you also heard of CSB? Community Supported Broth? For three weeks now I have been making a broth based soup lunch Monday to Friday to help out all the new people who are just getting settled in here at Kotare […]
Recent Residents Hui Review
So……..we’ve not been having a rest, I can assure you! We have been taking some time to take care of things at home and also to nourish ourselves over the winter since we owned the home block and could begin to relax a little…… bringing in new settlers takes a lot of energy and we […]
How to Make a Sour Dough Starter & Rye Bread
A few of us went on a bit of a sour dough craze here at the village after Leòn taught us how to make it. Always trust a German when it comes to bread making! We’ve had quite a few requests for the recipe to go with this photo we posted on Facebook last month […]
Equinox and Harvest Festival Celebration
Last weekend we celebrated the equinox and harvest festival season by having a special dinner with friends and creating a huge table of all of the produce that we had been harvesting. It is such a special feeling having all that summer energy stored away for winter. Kay said about the event “It reminded me […]
We continue to spend no money on food at the supermarket!!
We processed our Essene flax seed today and we ended up with 5 .5 kgs from two biointensive beds of 10 sq m each. I think we can still go way better than that but we are building soil and that is great start. I did a bit of research and found out that there […]