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Little Things Grown. micro-farm

Microgreens. Edible flowers. Seasonal cut flowers We are small scale, licensed, commercial growers of edible flowers, microgreens and recently cut flowers.

Providing beautiful flowers & fresh, organically grown produce for the Clarence Valley and Coffs Coast.

10/12/2024

Our Summer HERB Micro mixes are here. 🌱🌱

🌱 Dill

💚Coriander

🌱 Rocket

💕Amaranth

Available from tomorrow
We will have market specials again. Lots of gorgeous salad bags, (they really are beautiful 😍) Shoots mixes, jars, micro broccoli galore, flowers and more..

See you there 👀🎄🤪

05/12/2024

In the still…… ✨✨

03/12/2024

Market day and a few market specials this week.

I’ll call it GREEN WEDNESDAY SALE.

But I won’t tell you what they are.
Then it wouldn’t be special. See you in the morning Yamba market friends 🐝🤩🌱

25/11/2024

Announcement 📣 🌱🌸

Deep breath…The Christmas grow has begun and our new greenhouse is beginning to fill. Some things take 3 -4 weeks to grow some are 6 days!! Hello summer..😬

Something exciting…We have a new stockist to announce in the coming days. Angourie friends will rejoice! 🤗🌱

From now you’ll find our products at
Yamba
Southside
MACLEAN
Coffs Coast
….and maybe two more. Exciting 🐝👏

We are expecting a busy season ahead and updates can be found on our stories.

Just a reminder the XMAS market will be on the Monday 23rd. Pre order available closer to then so please check the stories.

🌱🌸🐝
X
Avyssa and the Micro team

12/11/2024

Ok so I gave in!

It’s been a long time and…

Our signature SUMMER SALAD is back.
Only available
starting tomorrow.
It has lettuce/ sweet leaf/ petals / buckwheat greens/ sunnies and a heap of 💕
It’s washed and ready for anything and I know you love it.🥰

Micro herb mixes are Zinging!

Broccoli micro is still so happy

And the WA daisies are back, grown by my lovely friend who is also having a crack at the flower game. 🌾

Hope to see you there market friends.
🌻🌱🌿🌼

09/11/2024

My love for Coreopsis started early. As a kid, catching glimpses of yellow splotches from the passenger window as we zoomed past. Then, I found out something about those flowers, you can’t find on the internet.

Folk lore.

We had an old friend in Sydney who had pretty impressive cred. He was a storyteller and an artist. His father was a political cartoonist.
After the war, he studied at TAFE with Margaret Ollie and “all” The Boyd’s, lived next door to Norman Lindsay in the mountains, restored Barrenjoey lighthouse cottage in the 50’s with some mates, had a thing for Australian cedar, “pulled all the cedar furniture out of the lighthouse well and restored it” he almost bought the beautiful old magnolia house in Maclean opposite the hospital “completely made of cedar” and….. he told me the coreopsis story.

The story of Arthur Stace. Or Mr Eternity. From the 1930’s-60’s Arthur spent his days with chalk in hand, writing “Eternity” across the city According to Bruen, Mr Eternity also spent time “up north” where he began collecting coreopsis seed and scattering it down the coast from his car window on his return journey to Sydney down the old highway. He knows this because he also held the starring role in a short film about Mr Eternity. Although Bruen Finey has now passed, thanks to him, coreopsis means much more than a few roadside wildflowers. Happy 100th heavenly birthday Bruen.

06/11/2024

Not even one of my garlic scapes made it to market or my plate! Nope, no scape to plate this year! I am however, absolutely mesmerised by the unfurling, their starry wigs, like dancers on a stage, an e-scape from their confinement. Anyone else entranced by these? Or have I gone too far to the flower side 🤣

04/11/2024

Head shots 🌱🌻

The tallest sunflower ever to emerge from the garden. 2.4m !! I am standing on my toes! The secret is our homemade compost… ok and a bit of love ❤️ I have extra bags if anyone is keen for some. Suit heavy soils. DM for details. Pick up available on the weekend.

01/11/2024

First handful of summer 🧡

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It’s been a really long time since I’ve had floret seeds in my garden. A long time ago you could buy direct from the US but then quarantine laws were tightened. So I can say a few things about this seed, I’m a little bit of a seed buff now having worked with millions of seeds and multiple companies. Not all seeds are created equal.

It’s expensive but relatively affordable compared to getting them shipped in or breeding them yourself!

It’s super fresh. Germination in 2 days
High germ rate almost 💯
Super strong plants
I was hoping for doubles but I do have quite a few singles…still beautiful
Good stem length will get better as it warm s up.
Amazing colours, to get this kind of palette requires years of controlled breeding.

All up good investment and actually compared to the last lot of floret seeds from all those years ago, they’re fantastic. Bring on the summer gardens. 👏👏👏

29/10/2024

Yay tomorrow is market day! Come and pick up all the your favourite little things. We are loaded with micro herbs, broccoli, flowers from the gardens and edible flower boxes to decorate your cakes or premium petal mixes to throw into a salad…just because. AND lots of sunnies. Bring your 🫙 there are plenty to swap out.
See you in the morning Yamba town xx

28/10/2024

Broccoli microgreens. The weather’s been pretty nice for these babies. Enjoy them while they’re happening. Could be a bit of a weather shift soon which they won’t like. For now they’re perfect 🤩 only available at the Yamba Farmers Market.

27/10/2024

The peony poppy! ….finally!!
Almost gave up, got distracted by other things, forgot about them then WOW they’re here. I really love the pods, possibly more than the flower, possibly?
Had to share because I don’t see them around and they took forever from seed to bloom. A little bit of Insta proof of their fleeting existence.

12/10/2024

A little ditty about my poppy love 🧡 and how it fits into the wider plant picture here on the micro farm.

Lou has featured in the Herbaceous Almanac for October.

There is something very interesting unfolding here in this online world of herbaceous plants.

If you love plants and their properties, I can recommend joining the sub stack. You can also have a read without subscribing. Follow the link on Lou’s profile.

Thanks Lou for asking me, I’m thrilled to see your enthusiasm reaching far and wide.

30/09/2024

Greenhouse goodness and garden glory.

On the stall in the morning. See you there market friends 🌱♥️🐞

27/09/2024

Calling all HERB lovers and makers of home remedies.
TEAS and TINCTURES

I have supply of Cal Poppy for a few weeks of the year (pending allowance by Mother Nature) and this week is one of those harvests.
They are beautiful whole plants including roots and extra flowers.
There are 2 sized boxes available.
Small
Large
The large box fits 3-4 times the amount of the small and I’ll include seed pack in that box to wild your own CP patch.

Posting Monday next week. Strict cut off time this SATURDAY tomorrow (for finalising)

The plants are sent straight after the mornings harvest. I use Aramex and include ice packs to help with the journey.

will be a featured guest on in the coming weeks in relation to this little Cal Poppy side flower love of mine. Stay tuned and in the meantime contact me via DM for more details about this Mondays harvest. Limited supply first in.

🌱🐞

XxAvyssa

23/09/2024

Can you smell them? They’ll be on the stall tomorrow

17/09/2024

Insanely gorgeous California Poppy on the stall tomorrow. We have a big story to share about these poppies in a week or two , but for now we are sharing their beauty in a vase. Affordable bunches. Something for everyone. (If you’re early-ish 😉) see you in the morning ♥️

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Maclean, NSW
2463

Website

http://www.littlethingsgrown.com.au/

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Summer greenhouse life of a micro farmer. Plant, 💦,👀,💦, ✂️,wash, pack, enjoy a garden moment…. REPEAT.

Sweeeeeeetpeas 🥰

Can you smell them? They’ll be on the stall @yamba_farmers_market tomorrow #freesniffs #shortandsweet #sweetpeas #donteatthem #spring

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Market micro

Back on at Yamba Farmers market in the morning! See you there. 😁

Microfarm Maclean

Our summer cut flower season is coming to a close. I’m grateful for it all and also hugely relieved. 🙏🏼 Some major challenges this season, some wins with lots to learn, lean into and others to let go of. One thing is to take the long term weather predictions with a grain of salt. It was NOT dry… Another reminder is to leave my attachment and pre conceived ideas of the season at the gate. Pretty sure I’m not alone there. Best thing about a change though, is NEW things are coming. 🤗❤️🦋 On a side note, that little greenhouse pumped out a staggering amount of microgreens and I know my local friends (and tourists) are loving them (some weekly deliveries are x3 to our local SPAR!) and that season will continue to thrive in this warm salad weather! #flowerfarm #backyardgarden #gardening #flowers #clarencevalley

Happy new year

2023 from a distance… a dream come true year for @littlethingsgrown I have renewed perspective, learned some valuable lessons, love and appreciate my family more every year and always grateful for: 🌱 Good growing conditions (when they happen) 🌱 Best supportive customers and community ever! 🌱 Resilience, dedication, will power & perseverance. … because sometimes even the best laid plans and noblest endeavours can be conspired against by forces unseen. Thank you 🙏🏼 Wishing everyone a fantastic 2024 XAvyssa and all the little things she’s grown 🌻🌱 #urbanfarming #gardening #backyard #backyardgarden #gardeninglife #microfarm #flowergrower #growing #reflections #smallbusiness