The progeny of our oldest and most glorious pig tucking into some winter clover This past weekend we had the Red Gum Food Group Workshop Festival. It’s an annual event in it’s second year that the RGFG holds aiming to plant seeds for discussions, open eyes to opportunities and bring people closer to … Continue reading
Fast flying year
I know that we all say it, but this year has really flown by. It only seems like a few months ago that we were trying to establish the farmers market in Koondrook and we were only just beginning to sell our pork to restaurants, but it has been over a year ago. At the … Continue reading
Skinning, Hacking, Fencing & Planting
This month our pigs on the home farm have added heaps of manure and stirred up the perennial pastures enough to now give that paddock a rest. We’ve got about 100 growers at any one time, so a month on a 5 acre paddock is plenty of time at this time of year to graze … Continue reading
A new start
This year has been quite a ride. Our borrowed 40 acres of unused farm land that we started our farm on is ready for a good rest and regeneration, our 4 sows have grown to 20 and we have purchased a larger chunk of land (65 acres) of almost virgin farmland with poor fences and … Continue reading