Organic vegie/fruit growers discussion group – Grand Ridge Organics

You are invited to attend the next organic vegie/fruitgrowers discussion group at Richard & Rosemary’s ‘Grand Ridge Organics’ farm on Wed 5^th April.

Richard & Rosemary grow prize winning organic garlic (some 30,000 cloves per year), fresh fruit and vegetables, and value add their produce through creating certified Organic Jams, pickles, sauces and chutneys.

Their 20 acre farm could best be described as a food forest on the edge of the Tarwin River. As you wander the paths you come across row crop areas with green manure crops, hundreds of fruit and nut trees, daffodils, revegetated areas, and approx 100 free range chickens! The farm integrates agriculture and biodiversity and this will be a central theme of the session.

All farmers are welcome to attend this very interesting farm and hear their story. While we are there, Richard will demonstrate several methods of incorporating green manure crops into the soil using a 3point-linkage power spader.

Where: Grand Ridge Organics
70 Mirboo-Yarragon Rd, Allambee South (parking at the Allambee Sth Community Centre across the road) https://goo.gl/maps/UfZgTeHTcAq46bCJ7

When: Wed 5^th of April 2023

Time: 10am arrive for a cuppa & sign in at the community centre

10:30-12:30pm – Discussion & farm walk

Please note that if you come via Thorpdale/McDonalds Track and Elizabeth Creek Rd, the last few kms are dirt and bendy. If you come from Leongatha or via Mirboo North it is all bitumen; Richard & Rosemary suggest this for safety sake.