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The farm grows
The dahlia beds are coming together. This weekend we lifted the plastic we’ve been using to kill off the grass and weeds, composted and sowed cover crops (mustard and phacelia). They’ll be allowed to grow until around the end of October when we get my assortment of dahlias in the ground. The 12 or so…
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What’s happening in the garden?
While all the summer annuals have finished, their seeds are going gangbusters everywhere. We mowed down our beds in May, but already there are signs of life, especially from the matricaria, larkspur, strawflowers, winged everlasting. The perennial plants are also looking very happy. The scabiosa has spread, the foxgloves are gearing up for a big…
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Soil blocking
One of the first things I bought when I started growing was a soil blocker, but then for ages I mainly used 6 packs from the recycle bin at Bunnings. I struggled with the soil blocking mix, it was too crumbly or too dry or too wet and I wasn’t convinced I had the balance…
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Yonder Harland, the journey of a flower farm
We have owned our beautiful 3 acre property since 2019. Over the years we have fought drought, wind and rabbits to establish some trees, and last year we seemed to make a little progress on that front. Suddenly we felt like we had more options, and the dream of a flower farm was born. It…
