Chakana Blue is attending the 2017 New Zealand National show.
And proudly sponsoring the Supreme Suri Alpaca.????

Advertising Banner up in the square in Palmerston North... Looking forward to seeing you all there..

I can smell the pretty tagasaste in flower. We have planted lots and look forward to the fully grown results as the alpacas love it.

Facts;
Tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis) is a fast growing, perennial, leguminous shrub or small tree, adapted to temperate regions with winter rains and extended dry summers. Tagasaste thrives on deep, infertile sandy soils and if heavily pruned will become a multi-stemmed bushy shrub. The black seeds have an oily feel and are in pods similar to pea pods. Also, its dense fibrous root system does not appear to wilt even in the worst of droughts. Farmers traditionally depended on Tagasaste for fodder during long dry seasons. Similar to clovers, Tagasaste utilises soil bacteria to fix atmospheric nitrogen, which results in the leaves containing 20 to 40% protein, with no reported toxicity. ... See more