Weekly Post

Rain, Glorious Rain After a very hot and draining day yesterday we are being blessed today with our first real rainfall of the year. Nelson has a comparatively wet climate for Victoria but we are still in a Mediterranean Climate which means the majority of Summer is hot and dry. No matter how much we […]

Booming Basil and Beans As I write we are receiving a nice gift of gentle rainfall in Nelson which provides a welcome relief from irrigation. This is the second rainfall we have received all year so irrigation has been a daily task over Summer. We are fortunate to have access to great groundwater but plants always

Our Biggest Month in 5 Years Wow what an amazing January! Nelson has been very busy over the holiday period and we have just recorded our best month of sales in 5 years of operations. Between supplying our five current commercial clients, daily on farm sales from both locals and tourists and the Nelson Regatta

First Market for 2026 Welcome to 2026 we have been very busy over the Summer Holidays with a steady stream of visitors coming to look at the farm and purchase some items as well as delivering to all of our commercial clients. We have had our best month of sales ever and things are looking

Jill Passed The Test Yesterday was a milestone day for our family. We traveled to Warrnambool early in the morning so that Jill could sit her Australian Citizenship Test and she passed with flying colours! We celebrated in a very Aussie way enjoying meat pies with sauce by the ocean.  Jill has dreamt of this

Christmas Hampers and Open Farm Market Stall The weather is finally warming up in Nelson with Friday due to be our first day over 30 C for this Summer. Our green tomatoes on the vine will certainly appreciate it and our various salad greens are now protected with 30% shade cloth. This week we delivered

December Update After an unseasonably cold start to December the weather today is looking glorious. Today’s post is an update on what we have growing at the farm. December is generally the final month of transition from cold to warm season crops, Spinach is now finished until after Summer and our final 2 Sugar Snap

Another Market and Garlic, Garlic, Garlic This Saturday November 28 we will again be holding our Open Farm Market Stall 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Come on down for a detailed look around the farm, conversation with us and other customers and of course our locally grown vegetables, herbs, skin salves, local honey and pasture

Pivoting to Move Forward October and November have been very productive and reflective times for us at Rainbow OMG. We have taken some time in between the daily grind of farming to assess the current state of our business and where we need to focus our attention in order to develop to the point where we

A Change of Plans for This Weekend Hi everyone just a quick email this morning. After a good week of on farm sales as well as taking on new clients in Portland we have decided that we do not have enough stock to attend the Mount Gambier Farmers Market this weekend. It takes a lot