Merging Production With Beauty At Rainbow OMG we are equal parts Farmers and Artists. We strive to produce the highest quality, poison-free food locally available while simultaneously creating an oasis of beauty from the monocultures that surround the town, particularly in Summer as “Spraying” (shorthand for Poisoning) keeps everything around Rainbow brown and dead. We …
Harvesting Rainwater At Rainbow OMG this Monday we received a very heavy deluge of rain, the heaviest being 12 mm in about 10 minutes. The result was a lot of run off, most of which we have directed to an infiltration basin planted with an Oak Tree. William is inspecting the basin in today’s photo …
The Cycles of Life This week we had the sombre task of replacing our Chicken flock. This involved dispatching our 3 remaining old birds in order to welcome 14 new layers into our micro farm. The deliberate act of taking another life is something we approach we respect and gratitude. We thanked our old girls …
Regenerating Our Soils “Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains.” – Unknown Yesterday I had the pleasure of preparing one of our oldest garden beds to be seeded with carrots. This bed – pictured above – has grown at least 7 consecutive vegetable crops …
Winter Abundance & Hints of Warmer Weather As you can see in the above photo we are producing a broad range of high quality vegetables even in the dead of Winter. This is a great climate for vegetable production as long as we have access to irrigation water of some kind in Summer. In Winter …
Happy Birthday Evan! On this day August 3rd, 1985 a quiet young baby boy was born in Wangaratta, Victoria. 37 years, 6 trips to Europe, 2 to the USA and countless laps around Australia later, that baby is now a Husband, Father, Friend and clean food provider for his community in the small town of …
We Also Play Music! You may or may not be aware that Evan was a touring musician in a past life, in fact Evan proposed to Jill mid-set, on stage at the Northcote Social Club. We had an excellent weekend, filling in on bass guitar for The Go Set while their current bass player was …
Frosty Mornings = Delicious Winter Vegetables! Although we do prefer the warmer weather with its vine ripened Tomatoes, juicy Cucumbers, Green Beans and Zucchini’s, Winter also provides its own unique, seasonal delights. Essentially anything that is not killed by a frost will be sweetened by its chilling effects. This makes Winter the best time to …
Hello Rainbow OMGers, As you can see in the featured photo we are now supplying an abundant variety of Locally Grown, Organic Vegetables to our community. We are proud of the quality of vegetables we are producing and look forward to our output scaling up as our soils re-invigorate over time. We have been to …
Hello Rainbow OMGers, What a glorious week of Winter sunshine, our baby seedlings have all put on noticeable growth this week with the return of the Sun. We have ordered all our new seeds for next Summer and will get the first round of them started this month in our Greenhouse. We are hoping to …
