Category: Coop news
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Why fruit trees from Carr’s Organic Nursery are perfect for your garden
Local trees for local gardens Have you ever thought about where the fruit trees that you buy at the shops come from? In most cases, they’ve travelled a long way, […]
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The Orchard Keepers—Knowledge Sharing
We’ve had a successful season so far this year in the orchard, along with all of the ups and downs that organic farming entails, of course! We lost a row […]
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New course starting soon
Do you have a fruit tree or two (or many)? We know a lot of “friends of HOFC” are also living the country lifestyle, with fruit trees, veggie gardens, chooks, […]
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Orchard Keepers Season Update: A Year of Fruit and Community (and cake)
As the fruit season comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year’s highlights and challenges. The most pleasing aspect was that the weather was kind and the […]
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Season update from Carrs Organic Fruit Tree Nursery: Multigraft magic!
Discover the Unique Charm of Hard-to-Find Multigraft Apple Trees If you’ve been following Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery for a while you’ll know we’re passionate about preserving and promoting heritage […]
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EOI for an exciting farming adventure now open!
We have an “instant orchard” business opportunity available right now at our organic farm in Harcourt – get in touch to find out more!
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Orchard Keepers season 22-23 CSAs open!
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 […]
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CSA Dairy pick-ups only from market this week
No sales, just dairy CSA subscription pick-ups from market this week.
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2021 Business of the Year!
We were awarded Mount Alexander Shire Council Business of the Year 2021! Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative (HOFC) was awarded two awards at the annual Mount Alexander Shire Council Business Awards; […]
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A cuppa with Merv
A cuppa with Merv Merv Carr Orchard Keeper Ingrid sat down with Merv Carr to yarn about his background in orchard keeping….. Taking on this orchard lease, a second-generation orchard […]
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Garlic ~ Its that time again!
We’ve got our seventh crop of garlic safely out of the ground before the next big rain (PHEW!!) It was touch and go this year as to how the crop was going to […]
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Hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground
I was bought up in neither a farming nor a religious family. I grew up surrounded by bush and river, barefoot and free to explore the world. I spent a […]