Little Things Grown. micro-farm

13/10/2025

Drought feels.

Ok so I said it. It’s dry. Very crispy underfoot. Anticipating the spring rain has been challenging in this October heat so as far as the gardens go, if you’re not on a drip line, it’s bye bye. Hours attached to the hose are giving me flashbacks to 2018-19.

Straw flowers are happy, the mountain daisy, California poppies with their long tap roots and a few other things, but when the cornflowers are struggling well it’s a sign.
Another sign, my massive xanthorrea (grassy tree) only gave one spike this season, not three like the previous wet years.
And what does lots of black cockatoos mean? Is it rain or are they being pushed to the coast for food? The long range forecast says rain but 🤷‍♀️

And then I have ol Rosco in my mind saying “yeah well it might seem like we’ve had a heap of rain but by Christmas we’ll be screaming for more”

07/10/2025

Yay 🥳 tomorrow is my birthday and instead of swanning around the Greek islands this year 😉 I’ve decide to bring these stunning sweet Williams I grew for you and the most incredible line up of flowers from our flower friends to there will also be greens galore 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

See you there under the Yamba sun ☀️ It will be grand 🥰🌸



On the back deck

06/10/2025

😍🌸🌱 Thanks Tutti Frutti Wholesale for your fabulous support

04/10/2025

GREAT NEWS Iluka! Little things Grown products are now available at The Freshwater Kitchen. 🌱

29/09/2025

The beginning of the season. SPRUMMER.

Subtropical spring:
The time when spring is just a lingering waft of sweet peas and the dahlias are shooting out of themselves 💥 the race is on to dry the calendulas as they set seed and zinnias are urging me to get them in the ground. 🤪🐝🌱

Oh and dahlia tubers packs will be at the market tomorrow along with so much insanely gorgeous produce and poppies and a new flower friend contributing to the beautiful mix on the stall.

23/09/2025

Flower talk.
First of the roses, my first try at dianthus ✅ and drum roll please…. Billy buttons grown from seed, took forever and worth it. Yamba markets are on we will have these, sweetest sweet peas, poppies, last of the ranunculus and the last of the fattest white stocks ever seen!! See you there fellow flower friends 😍

17/09/2025

On the day you died and I didn’t know….

I was telling stories of you and Ronnie Farlow
How you had laughing tears telling me about your old mates misadventures. You were the best neighbour, gardening friend and all round legend, ready with a laugh and story to tell. I wrote them down. I’ll give them to Marg though I’m sure she’s heard them all.

If anyone knows Ross Clare reading this, his goodbye is today 11am at the cemetery in Townsend. See you there ❤️ 🤍

Ross (Rossi/ Rosco) Clare aged 85yrs
Storyteller Friend neighbour dairy farmer Potato farmer Race horse trainer, fish trader and tomato aficionado.

12/09/2025

Our spring flower punnets are available every Friday freshly picked for & SPAR MACLEAN
And of course

Wednesdays
Grafton
And tutti frutti wholesale Coffs Coast

📸 Gorgeous cake pic shared by one of our customers 🙏🏼

12/09/2025

A lovely opportunity to be featured in the ‘good gardening’ in Clarence Valley Independent. Thank you 🤩

08/09/2025

29/08/2025

20/06/2025

Cake flowers. Now available at SPAR Maclean and every Friday… Fresh for those weekend celebrations.