Heading to the NZ Boat, Fish & Dive Expo this weekend? If you're heading to Mystery Creek, keep an eye out for The Rural Butcher Range ! ...

Wanna guess what my first one is?  

I've just updated our cotton fabric range on the website, adding some of our newest Kiwiana designs. We originally started selling cotton fabr...

Thank you for all the music, and all the books, and all the light. RIP Dolly Parton  19 Jan 1946 - 25 Aug 2026

How gorgeous is this!    Beautiful white manuka flowers scattered on a charcoal background, offset by prickly little leaves and buzzing honey bees....

On our Facebook page I asked for ideas to use a glut of lemons our tree has produced, and our followers and friends really came to my rescue. ...

How to Season Your Cast Iron Pans and Cookware Made from a careful blend of beeswax and New Zealand grown plant oils, our Cast Iron Seasoning is wo...

Spoon butter, Wood butter, Cutting board cream or Wood conditioner:  whatever you want to call it, this beeswax based wood treatment works wonders for keeping your wood utensils in good condition, preventing cracking and repelling water. 

There have been quite a few posts around the gardening and beekeeping groups on Facebook over the last couple of weeks, where people are concerned ...

This is the bread my mum  👩‍👧‍👦  has made since I was a kid. It's dense and chewy and moist and has a concrete crust and SUCH flavour. And it make...

I bit my tongue most of the time when this meme about feeding bees grated apple with water was floating around a week or two ago. But it just hit m...