Hello Rainbow OMGers, The mornings are cool and the days are beautiful, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Autumn. This is now the third cooler than usual Summer we have experienced in a row and we are loving it. We have observed that most of our vegetables will tolerate any weather below 40°C and […]
Rainbow OMG Weekly Post 09/03/22 Read More »
Hello Rainbow OMGers, Rain, rain, glorious rain. We have been blessed with an abundance of rain in the last few days. The ground is soft underfoot and the soil is wet and warm so we should see an explosion of growth over the next week. This week we continued working on the 10 new market
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Hello Rainbow OMGers, February has delivered yet another week of gorgeous, mild weather. We like to call it “beach weather” when the cool southerly wind is blowing. As you can see in the photo above we have begun expanding the number of market garden beds at the front of the farm block. We are installing
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Hello Rainbow OMGers, Wednesday has delivered a mild, overcast day for some relief from the recent heat. We took full advantage of the cooler weather and turned one of our compost piles which was made with a mixture of weeds, dry grass and horse manure. The pile needed a turn and some extra water to
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Hello Rainbow OMGers, As I type it is sprinkling rain in Rainbow, just a few teasing drops. We had a great day at Turkey Bottom Lake yesterday and highly recommend this secret gem for camping or a day trip. We are now fully into salad season which we now make in bulk. Jill will slice 3 Butterhead
Rainbow OMG Weekly Post 09/02/22 Read More »
Hello Rainbow OMGers, We thank the rain received on Australia Day last week, we had a small family BBQ to enjoy the day. A few days ago we picked two fully ripe beefsteak tomatoes, they were hot from the Sun and were hands down the most delicious tomatoes we have ever eaten. It is impossible
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Hello Rainbow OMGers, This week marked a huge occasion for us. We have finally installed a permanent irrigation system and extended our water lines to encompass the entire farm block! We started this farm with almost no budget and have been using 90 metres of garden hose to water everything since February last year. This
Rainbow OMG Weekly Post 26/01/22 Read More »
Hello Rainbow OMGers, It was lovely to get some rain this week and the extreme Summer heat continues to be offset by cool southerly weather patterns. This has seen very nice growth across all of our vegetables this week. Zucchini’s are available from this week and we have one serve of Cherry Tomatoes available with
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Hello Rainbow OMGers, As is customary Rainbow has been skirted by every raindrop that fell in the region in the last week. The Pipeline is a huge blessing to our town and we are certainly most grateful for this relatively new infrastructure available to us. Last week was a Leaf Cycle in the Lunar Calendar
Rainbow OMG Weekly Post 12/01/22 Read More »
Happy New Year Rainbow OMGers, We allowed ourselves some downtime over the holiday break but the veggies don’t stop growing so we are back into full swing and ready to make 2022 a creative and fulfilling year. The first true heat wave of Summer hit us last week, while we did not suffer any losses,
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