Sowing The Future In previous stages of my life I used to fill my days by listening to podcasts, it is truly amazing how much knowledge is available, completely for free, for anyone who is willing to go and find it. I devoured information of all aspects of health, regenerative farming, critical thinking skills and …
Improving Infrastructure There are many, many facets to Rainbow OMG as a business. In order to be profitable from such a small piece of land (we farm roughly 1/4 Acre) we need cover all aspects of farming including soil preparation, making compost, applying Biodynamic Preparations, seeding, transplanting, weeding, watering and irrigation, pest control, pruning, harvesting, …
Waking Up With The Sun Operating a Market Garden really puts one in sync with natural systems and cycles. There are cycles of day length, sunlight angles, temperature variations, weather patterns, insects, decay and regeneration cycles and more. At some point last year I realised I no longer needed to set an alarm clock as …
2023 New Year, New Goals, New Growth 2023 is here and Christmas and New Years have past, now is time to get back into the consistent groove of market gardening and marketing our garden. We have many goals for Rainbow OMG in 2023, we will be far more active on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter as …
Happy New Year We had an excellent Christmas in Rainbow this year with all Evan’s siblings in attendance. The hot weather has provided some much needed downtime as we prepare to hit the ground running in 2023. We wish you a fun filled celebration on New Year’s Eve and a happy, creative and successful 2023. …
Merry Christmas We would like to wish everyone a Merry Chistmas and thank you for making 2023 a successful year for Rainbow OMG. We are grateful to be able to provide our small community with healthy food options and look forward to another great year in 2024. This Week’s Available Produce and Supplements OMG Eggs $7.50Cherry Tomatoes …
Onion Abundance This week we harvested the first successful large crop of onions we have grown. We have grown somewhere between 400-600 of a mix of red and brown onions. The primary goal of Rainbow OMG is to provide for our family’s needs first and to share the surplus with anyone local who values what …
Lingering Green Tomatoes What a unique Spring we are having, the incessant rain and cool weather have certainly slowed down the beginning of our warm season crops and it feels like each week I promise ripe tomatoes yet we are still waiting. We have hundreds of green tomatoes slowly ripening on the vine and can’t …
A Recharge In The Mountains We have just returned from our brief and only holiday for the year. The purpose of our travels was to attend the Wedding of a family member however this coincided to returning to the Alpine Region which Evan grew up in. We took the chance to go to Mt Buffalo …
That’s a lot of Garlic This year has certainly provided us with a lot of challenges. We have lost entire beds of transplants to earwigs, rain has smashed emerging seedlings to pieces and insects of some sort have been ravaging our seedlings in the Greenhouse. This is part of the stimulating challenge of natural farming, …
