You can take the farmer off the farm…
We’re taking a few days holiday off the farm. Well, when I say holiday, I mean working holiday. We try to get away at least once a year to do a review of the past season and plan for the year ahead. There’s two reasons we get off the farm to do it – one is to get away...
Unsung farming heroes – Week 9 RIRDC Rural Women’s Award
Just recently, I've been lucky enough to meet one of my local heroes. This is Margaret, one of the early apple tree growers in our district. She and her husband had a very famous nursery that specialised in heritage apples, and they grew more than 500 varieties....
How to Grow Fruit The Organic Way…part three
We love telling the story about how we became organic, so here's part three. (Click here if you want to have a look at part one or part two of this series. We also told you about the organic certification process here.) Learning how to grow fruit organically has been...
Why certified organic? Becoming an organic farmer, part 2
In the first post in this series "How to become an organic farmer, part one..." we told you about the beginnings of our journey from being chemical farmers right through to becoming certified organic. Having just had our annual audit, we thought it was timely to fill...
From the archives – Our annual organic audit
Last week we had our annual organic audit by NASAA (National Association of Sustainable Agriculture Australia), our certifying body, and as always, it got us thinking about why we bother going through all the palaver. Don't get us wrong - we're huge supporters of...
How to become an organic farmer…part one
The day we received this certificate was a very exciting day! It was the end of a long process. It officially started in early 2007 when we applied to NASAA for organic certification, but in fact, had begun several years earlier. But we're starting at the end...let's...
Top tips for getting rid of tiny bugs
Rutherglen bugs are tiny but annoying sap-sucking bugs you might see on your fruit tree. Follow these top 4 tips to get rid of them.
