Port Macquarie Farm

07/09/2023

Friday on the Farm. ""Growing Health""
Spring is here and it is exciting preparing the soil in readiness for the coming crops.
On Saturday the 26th we held a Spring Farm Tour. I spoke and demonstrated our wood chip vegetable garden. It has not rained for many weeks, yet within 75mm of the surface there is moisture. Almost all the visitors were surprised by this. The wood chips are like a giant sponge. The tour was educational and people felt inspired to get into their own gardens.

22/08/2023

Port Macquarie Farm - Spring Tour - Saturday 26th August 2-4pm.
https://port-macquarie-farm.mykajabi.com/offers/NdRptuQe
Working Together.
The vegetable garden is a collaborative garden involving 5 families. How and why this is working.

You will see "Back To Eden" wood chip no dig gardening.
Our syntropic agroforestry food forest, is true regenerative ecosystem. This method is regenerating farm lands across the globe.
You will see our mistakes and our wins.
Topics
Seed saving.
Worm farming
Using animals chickens, pigs, sheep and meat rabbits.
Moveable Infrastructure

The farm is level and easy access, however there surface is often uneven due to chicken and pig activity.
Please wear suitable farm footwear. Bring a hat and a drink.

15/08/2023

Friday on the Farm Getting prepared for spring.
Macquarie Farm

15/08/2023

Spring Farm Tour - Saturday 26th 2 - 4pm.
Collaboration Gardening. 5 Families working together.
Back to Eden Wood chip gardening
Syntropic Agroforestry food rows.
Worms. Seed saving, Livestock tour. Chickens pigs.
Book today.

Working Together. The vegetable garden is a collaborative garden involving 5 families. How and why this is working. You will see "Back To Eden" gardening using wood chips. (We have not dug into the soil). Our syntropic agroforestry food forest. This method is regenerating farm lands across...

06/08/2023

Harvesting is the greatest reward for the work done months earlier.

28/06/2023

Friday on the Farm - Saving Seeds

14/06/2023

Friday on the Farm - Building a Legacy

07/05/2023

Friday on the farm. Small wins, the worm wee is now on tap.

15/04/2023

Delicious.
I've just had my favorite meat dish. A bowl of the best, mild, tasty, tender, FRESH, superb, nutrient dense food. LIVER.
After tonights meal, I have come to the conclusion that venison liver is the best flavour. Tomorrow I will am going to make venison pate.
Last night Daniel OBrien shot a deer on our property. Together with his friend Bernie they skinned and gutted it. I was watching with my stainless steel bowl ready for the heart, kidneys and the liver.
The kidneys were also great and Rob enjoyed some heart.
FRESH is the best.

15/04/2023

Friday on the Farm. Rob has been slashing the paddocks, so I have biomass (grass clippings). The syntropics rows are getting a big covering. Abundant biomass. Hooray!!

08/04/2023

Friday on the Farm. Gardening Challenges

04/04/2023

Friday on the farm. Learning by experience/mistakes (the best way to learn) about syntropic agriculture.
Yes I did the video on Friday morning, then became busy with the day and forgot to post it. I went to Sydney for a couple of appointments. So now back home and finally available to post this video.

25/03/2023

Autumn in the vege garden.

27/02/2023

Friday on the Farm. Feb 24 All plants have responded to the rain with a growth spurt. A growing, producing garden is one of the simple joys of life.

06/02/2023

Friday on the Farm. Plants are growing well.

29/01/2023

Friday on the Farm 27th Jan. We are enjoying the the produce.

When to Harvest a RIPE rockmelon
• A ripe melon should smell like a rockmelon as they become fragrant when ripe.
• A ripe rockmelon should be beige, sandy gold, or creamy yellow with a very faded green undertone. Try and avoid very green melons as green = unripe.
• There should be a large, smooth yellowish spot or patch on the surface, where the rockmelon is resting in the garden
• The stem will come away from the melon leaving a slight concave indent in the melon.

Most melons in the shops are picked green. If the melon does not have the above factors it is NOT ripe. If there is a bit of a stem attached means that it was picked green.

21/01/2023

Friday on the Farm, some of the seeds have germinated and there are shoots of pigeon , pea, castor oil, corn, beans, pumpkin, and others. The other plants, eucalyptus, mulberry and bananas are looking good. There is plenty of moisture in the mulch.

09/01/2023

Friday on the Farm video delayed due to technical issues.
Our first syntropic food forest row is planted as a banana consortium. Bananas, mulberries, papaya, along with many other plants.

30/12/2022

30/12/2022

Friday on the Farm. The secret of our high quality fertilizer in our natural chemical free garden. WORMS

16/12/2022

A clay castle and fish Port Macquarie Farm (Photo of fish in the comments).
Sorry, the video stopped recording and thus it cut off before I said goodbye.
The dam is 1/2 acre of 2000 sq m.

09/12/2022

Mobile Marquee, Liquid Black Gold, and home grown vegetables

01/12/2022

I needed some pigeon pea seeds to continue planting the initial syntropic tree row. I did a shout out on facebook and lovely local lady Sybil invited me to come and collect seeds.
We will be planting the pigeon pea with papaya as a support plant.

26/11/2022

Our first workshop here on our farm.
On December 10 will be hosting our very first Chicken processing workshop.
Daniel O'Brien will be the presenter. Daniel is very experienced and skilled. He is a great presenter, you will see and learn very practical information and hopefully with increased confidence and inspiration.
Check out "Chicken Slaughtering and Processing Workshop" on Eventbrite!

Date: Sat, Dec 10 • 8:45 AM AEDT

Location: Lindfield Park Road, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/chicken-slaughtering-and-processing-workshop-tickets-474883157307?aff=eand

11/04/2022

Hi all, we looking for a responsible person for part time work managing vegetable gardens and the grounds of our property in Port Macquarie.

Gardening, weeding, whipper snipping, lawn mowing and some general labouring.
Must qualify for government subsidy (be registered with a Job Agency)
It is essential that you have some gardening knowledge/skills, be physically fit and possess a good attitude.
Please private message me for more information.

07/04/2022

Misty Monday 28-3-2022
Vegetable gardening, composts, wicking beds, trial and error. Staring afresh Mulberry cuttings, ice cream bean plants.

09/01/2022

09/01/2022

The chickens at work.