Evan Young

Frugal vs Cheap As a small scale producer of vegetables I am regularly asked why our vegetables are priced the way they are. What makes them so special and why, given that we sell direct don’t they cost less? If there is no distribution chain taking their cut, shouldn’t our vegetables be cheaper? The short […]

Welcome to Rainbow OMG Home Deliveries We are excited and proud to finally announce that our Home Delivery service will commence this Friday 20th of September. Customers in Mount Gambier and Nelson can now order locally grown, organic, freshly harvested vegetables delivered to their door every Friday afternoon. We are very proud of the quality

A Birds Eye View When embarking on the journey of building a passion based business it is vital to periodically take a step back and contemplate on your achievements so far. It is easy to only focus on the boots on the ground, long list of tasks that still need to be completed and feel

Pushing Through Setting up a new farm is not for the faint of heart. The days are long and tiring, the to-do list can feel like it always gets bigger not smaller and there are many times where you just want to sit down and relax for a few minutes but know that is not

An Exciting Announcement We just had an excellent weekend celebrating Evan’s 39th birthday. It was the first party he has had since his 30th so it was a really nice time with great food, music and conversations around a bonfire.  Monday proved to be a very fruitful day being approached by a new long term

Welcome to Rainbow OMG 2.0 Hello and welcome to Rainbow OMG 2.0. We are a small-scale, organic, family run vegetable farm located on the edge of the Nelson State Forest and the small fishing village of Nelson. We utilise no-dig principles in our garden and grow the highest quality, fresh vegetables anyone could ask for. 

Seeds Of Hope As gentle rain falls in Nelson, blessing our land with moisture and atmospheric nitrogen we can reflect on what it means to start an Organic Market Garden (OMG) in a new market and climate. Every seed sown in these fledgling months is akin to saying a prayer for the future. We plant

The Break Has Arrived After a long and dry Summer the Autumn Break rains have arrived. This signifies the soil receiving a blessing of moisture and rainfall exceeding evaporation until the return of dry season. For us this means far less irrigation requirements and an easier time raising our seedlings. A lot of pressure is

Mulch, Rain and Seedlings Yesterday was a great day for us at Rainbow OMG as we had the first significant rainfall since early January. The entire market garden site has received a good drink, changing the soil from a dusty grey to a deep, chocolate brown. The soil is now ready to plant and we

Happy Birthday Jill Yesterday was a very special day at Rainbow OMG, my beautiful wife and soul mate Jill celebrated her 33rd birthday. Jill is the strongest woman I have ever met by far and I count my blessings everyday that I get to share my life with her. Everything is better when Jill is