Winter has officially arrived on the farm, temperatures are getting down towards 4 degrees in the early hours just before sunrise, although we are yet to see our first frost. The winter veg is looking great considering the amount of rainfall it has endured, but our successional crop of winter veg has come under attack by the growing number of Bower Birds that seem to find our farm one of the nicer places to live within the Lorne Valley...

Last week we harvested, packed and delivered more veg boxes across the Mid North Coast than we ever have before in our farm's 5 year history. We are blown away by the number of new customers joining our family of food lovers each and every week. It's hard to express in words how thankful we all are for your support....

Open days, like Hasting Farm Gate Tour changes the game! Being able to have the farm open to you all, creates an experience, and a space to not only meet in the real, but also get amongst the food you eat! It’s a great tour! See where your food is grown, hear about the farmers story, ask questions and learn about how they do what they do.

It's Saturday morning and as I write this I am close to the fire watching the rain fall slightly at an angle outside of our living room window. The southerly buster has arrived overnight and the temperature has plummeted. The morning has been spent chasing the neighbours cows out of our fields of vegetables where the soft muddy ground is allowing them to do quite a bit of damage. I also had to finish off planting the cauliflowers...

Thanks to all you legends who support us, little old Sohip has had to find a bigger coolroom to store your veggies in and allow us to feed this growing community. We built the last coolroom just over a year ago now, thinking it would be plenty big enough to keep things cool for the next few years. How wrong we were, 12 months later and we are once again out of room...

The Lambert family have been farming for nearly a century! Over the last 70 year they have nurtured the Lambert Dry pumpkin to grow in size and colours through the help of bees pollinating and propagating. From humble beginnings The Lambert Dry is a pumpkin we don’t come across every day...

On the farm conversations around our outdoor table, where we all pull up a chair, have a cuppa, often have us discussing whats possible. We often say imagine when, image if... Some call us crazy for dreaming, for taking the leap in 2019 and becoming organic farmers. But theres one statement that comes to mind when the way things are being done, just doesn't add up.. There has to be a better way.

There’s always been a big debate... On whether organically grown veg holds more nutrients and is, therefore, better for you than a non-organic veggie. Well if we can ignore the horrendous chemicals used in non-organic farming for a second, then it really comes down to what is in the soil. We have 3 principles in achieving our goal of growing the most nutrient-dense veggies possible.

This powerhouse veggie is a staple and high in many nutrients, including fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, iron, and potassium. But eating broccoli too late can mean a tremendous difference in nutrients! Some veg such as sweet potatoes, squash, even fruit such as tomatoes and berries increase in flavour and become vitamin rich. This is certainly not the case with broccoli...

Jose Mujica once said “ There are those who believe that power is up above, and they do not notice that it is actually in the hearts of the great masses”... We may be just a small farm, a small community but from small things big things can grow.

Magnificent Soil It’s priceless, irreplaceable, key to sustaining all life on earth...and it Needs Our Help! Our experience with relentless rain and floods hasn't been easy. Loosing veg to saturation was hard, but having soil wash away. This was devastating! Why? (perfect segway…) Soil is more important than we give it credit for!

We can rebuild, even save our environment and also receive all our body needs from only the food we eat. Re-building this connection has never been so important... Our demonstration is the teacher, our actions teach... There’s a saying ‘first we much teach our children how beautiful the world is, because only then will they want to love and protect it’.