We're Off!

7 years ago by Desley Bailey

We're off! Yay! We're off for a holiday! Our Katie comes home from Canada in just over a week, and we are going to use her time at home to take a trip together to the NT. First family holiday for ??? years, and we are pretty excited about it!  We plan to leave July 8 and return July 26. That means we will be away for 3 market/delivery days.  At this stage we have friends who will be looking after the garden and our critters, BUT we have not been able to find s...

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The Hinkler Aviator: Canvassing Bundaberg Region

7 years ago by Jylan Wynne

What inspires man with the desire to fly? Ibis gazing might have done the job for Bert Hinkler, born 1892 in Bundaberg - one year after Ellen White arrived in Australia. He spent years using observations from ibis wings and flight patterns to engineer gliders. Bert went on to become the first person to fly solo from England to Australia. What inspires us to knock on doors selling books? Believing that many people will trace their first convictions to truth-fille...

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What a Strange Season

7 years ago by Rod Bailey

What a strange season So much about farming is determined by the weather and other factors out of the farmer's control. I think that's a good thing, maybe not for one's bottom line, but at least for the growth of one's character! And often things seem to go against us for a while, like what our dairyfarming neighbour Andrew has been recently experiencing - his winter forage crops had germinated nicely, but very low soil moisture had stopped them growing. He needed rai...

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On the Subject of Carrots

7 years ago by Desley Bailey

For the past few weeks, it's been all about carrots, and today, it's about carrots again! Thanks to our inspiring carrot customers (Emma, Amanda and many others), I have learnt to use carrot tops. How great is that! No more throwing the tops to the chooks (sorry girls) - now we get all the vitamin C, vitamin K, magnesium, potassium, and chlorophyl in those tops instead of you! And, because many of you buy carrots from me, I want to share the Carrot Top Pesto...

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Tropic of Capricorn Canvassing (Rockhampton, Yeppoon)

7 years ago by Jylan Wynne

The canvassing roadtrip push into Queensland was a long time coming. Beginning mid-March, the team worked Yarra Glen and Healesville, VIC, then Moss Vale and Bowral, NSW. Between setup and pulldown responsibilities at NNSW Big Camp, we went forth across Mid North Coast territory. Finally, on an overcast day in mid-May, two fully loaded cars with trailers departed Rollands Plains for Yeppoon, QLD. Two days and 1,200 km later - we arrived! Yeppoon bo...

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Sweeter Carrots

7 years ago by Rod Bailey

Some have asked why we didn't grow carrots over the summer. There are two main reasons. The first is that carrots don't do too well sharing their beds with weeds, and during summer we don't have the time to keepup with the laborious hand weeding that is required to keep carrot beds clean - remember, herbicides are not an option for us... But the main reason is that summer carrots don't tast too good - they have a strong flavour. and are not very sweet. But winte...

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Daucus carota ssp. sativus

7 years ago by Rod Bailey

Not sure about you, but I'm really glad carrots are back on the menu at our place! And I'm really looking forward to when Desley or one of the kids makes my favourite carrot dish - these fantastic carrot patties. Enjoy! Carrot Patties Ingredients: 2 cups cooked & mashed carrot (approx. 4-5 carrots) 2 medium tomatoes, chopped small 1 onion, chopped small 1 clove of garlic, crushed ½ cup peanut paste or tah...

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Growing Up

7 years ago by Rod Bailey

Jack has grown up a lot in the last little while. "I'm 12 now you know!" and starting to leave off some of those little boy habits. Like running around the house in his tradie undies, and wearing white cotton singlets that expose his "bulging biceps". But now he's asking us to admire his "eight pack" - always wanting to be one or two in front of his big brothers. School in the garden isn't his favourite thing, but he does pretty well for a y...

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Oops...

7 years ago by Rod Bailey

I'm not sure whether you've ever had an oops moment like Hannah's yesterday?  Driving into the early morning sun, and with a foggy windscreen, she ran the Tarago into a ditch on her way to make up the Thursday veggie orders... She was a bit sheepish (and a tad concerned about any damage) when she walked back up to the garden to ask my help, but as you can see above, she has a pretty healthy attitude towards mistakes. And I reackon that's a pretty important skill f...

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Allium sativum

7 years ago by Rod Bailey

I love growing garlic .  It is one of the easiest crops to grow, there is little maintenance when it is mulched, and the production is fantastic. It's like having a strong, silent partner, one who will do whatever it takes to succeed, needs no help or advice, and will always return great dividends. A gardener's friend indeed. So glad to see our 2018 crop planted yesterday before overnight rain. I am really happy to see Australian garlic on your menu again. We have ...

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