Natural Farming Methods
Our farm’s planting and harvest calendar is typical for Victorian garlic. We plant in April-May and harvest in late November-December. We plant, weed, harvest and clean each bulb by hand.
We use biodegradeable weed matting which helps support our natural approach to weed control – no herbicides or chemicals! Otherwise, at our farm we plant and weed by hand. It’s labour intensive but the result is premium produce that is full of flavour.
Soil condition is improved only with chicken and sheep manure, organic matter and organic seaweed fertiliser. Again, no chemicals or artificial fertilisers are used in our farm’s garlic patch. We do use machinery to help prepare the growing beds and to mow the surrounding weeds.
We aspire to be doing fully organic farming, although we’re not certified yet. The paddock itself has never been cropped, it normally only runs a few sheep every spring to keep the grass and weeds down.
As for packaging of your orders, we don’t use plastic. To ensure the product can remain dry in transit, we use paper, paper tape and cardboard – all biodegradeable in your compost.
News & Recipes
Garlic lovers can’t bear to let beautiful fresh garlic go to waste, especially when it's home grown. Fortunately, there are several ways
Planting garlic in Australia has become the smart thing to do following the local shortage created by the 2022 floods. Garlic is quite
Naturally grown garlic vs conventionally grown. Here we explain why we think naturally grown is a better alternative to garlic grown in other ways.
Storing fresh garlic for longest shelf-life. What is the best way to store garlic so you can use every last clove? We explain what works best.
FIRM FAVORITES
Popular Produce
Premium garlic is a wonderful product and our tied garlic bundles and garlic variety pack make a great gift ideas. All products are 100% naturally grown Australian Garlic, chemical-free and lovingly harvested by hand.
