by HOFC | 14/08/2023 | Sellar Farmhouse Creamery
Finally the milk drought has well and truly broken. With Ginger, Chloe and Norma all calved, happy and healthy the milks-a-flowin’. We will have lot’s of milk and yoghurt to sell at market this week and I’ll be offering some more people on the...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 20/06/2023 | Coop news, Grow Great Fruit, The Orchard Keepers
We (Hugh and Katie) are looking for the right folks to take over the lease on our certified organic orchard here in Harcourt, Central Victoria. We are looking for an enthusiastic person (or people) who are well placed for an on-farm learning adventure. Our lovely...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 21/05/2023 | Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery
It’s the time of year to be ordering fruit trees for planting this winter. Our on-farm nursery is called “Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery”, and like all the businesses in the co-op, it’s certified organic (the secret’s in the...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 04/04/2023 | Uncategorized
Given a lot of our blogs last year were all about rain & mud, it’s a bit of a shift now to be talking about fire! The more gentle season this year has given us all pause to try and get ahead on preparing the Co-op for fire events. This has meant that a little...
by HOFC | 14/03/2023 | Sellar Farmhouse Creamery
Many of my local dairy shoppers will have noticed the supply dropping over the past month or two, I’m sure you’ve missed out more than once at market. Well unfortunately the milk drought of 2023 has set in and until July when litres increase there will often be weeks...
by HOFC | 19/02/2023 | Uncategorized
Summer is in full swing here at the Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op. It is a busy and productive time of year. We are excited to spend some time with you sharing our diverse farming stories and showing you around our patches.We are a collaboration of 5 organic...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 08/02/2023 | Grow Great Fruit
Hello, friends of the co-op! We want to tell you about a course we’re running (starting next week) that’s all about “when” to look after your fruit trees. It’s just as important as knowing “how” to look after them. We’ve...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 29/11/2022 | Uncategorized
You’ve probably noticed we’re in the middle of a La Niña – it’s been a bit hard to ignore! The last time we had this much water running on the farm was 11 years ago, in the 2010/11 season. That year the big dam overflowed so hard it had a...
by HOFC | 06/10/2022 | Sellar Farmhouse Creamery
Spring has definitely sprung here in Harcourt and what a season it is! La Nina is certainly showing herself at the farm this year. The ground is well and truly saturated, gullies all flowing and more falling from the sky as I write. Definitely still manageable though,...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 04/09/2022 | The Orchard Keepers, Uncategorized
Hello, the Orchard Keepers here with some updates on our upcoming season. The buds are blooming and we’ve almost wrapped up the winter pruning here in the orchard. The trees are clearly on the move with bees visiting on the rare sunny days (La Niña here we come!). We...
