by HOFC | 26/04/2021 | Sellar Farmhouse Creamery
Here at Sellar Farmhouse Creamery we run a calf-at-foot practice where calves spend their first three months nursing from their dam. We’re currently gearing up for four cows calving over the next three months so I thought this was as good a time as any to talk...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 04/03/2021 | Tellurian Fruit Gardens, Updates
We have a variety of apples, nashi pears and plums available to order and collect at our farmers markets. Order before 3pm friday for collection at Coburg Farmers Market this Saturday 6 March! For those of you with a dehydrator I recommend the prunes! Go to online...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 26/02/2021 | Coop news, Gung Hoe Growers
Learning True Value The topic of ‘value and values’ is something that Mel and I talk about and try to wrap our heads and hearts around on a daily basis. It’s a broad topic that influences everything we do here from why we choose to farm, how we choose to do it and how...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 26/02/2021 | Coop news, Gung Hoe Growers
Autumn Veg and Salad Mix Subscriptions! Autumn Veg Subscriptions are now available! Our sold out summer round of veggie boxes is finishing this week and so its time to launch the next round… 9 weeks worth of organic veggies to carry you through to the end of April....
by HOFC | 15/02/2021 | Sellar Farmhouse Creamery
The milk is back! Thanks to Joyce’s calving, the milk drought has broken! This week at market we will have milk and yoghurt for sale so get in quick. Thanks for being patient and sharing in the realities of small scale dairy. Thanks to all our CSA members for...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 25/01/2021 | Coop news, Grow Great Fruit, Tellurian Fruit Gardens
You may have already heard the news—Ant is leaving the co-op when his lease finishes at the end of July. It will mark 4 years that he’s been with us here on the farm, and we’ll be super sad to see him go. Ant’s been an integral and important part of...
by HOFC | 25/01/2021 | Sellar Farmhouse Creamery
Waiting, waiting, waiting. I feel like there’s been a lot of waiting for the past 6 weeks. Waiting for Olive to calve and as a result; waiting for more milk so I can a). meet my CSA orders and b). sell some milk at the market, waiting to write a blog post about...
by HOFC | 22/01/2021 | Gung Hoe Growers
My internship at Gung Hoe Growers is about to come to a close. I guess I will use this blog as a moment to reflect on my last five and a half months. My heart is full of mixed emotion, and it feels difficult to put in to words the intense amount of love, gratitude and...
by Harcourt Farming Co-op | 21/01/2021 | Coop news, Gung Hoe Growers
Gung Hoe Growers are launching their 2021 CSA Veggie Box Subscriptions, starting with a 5 week summer box subscription.Boxes will include a selection of leafy greens(kale, silverbeet), alliums (spring onions, leeks, onions, garlic), cucumbers, zucchini, herbs,...
by HOFC | 09/01/2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t think I ever knew the personal journey I stepped into when I realised I wanted to grow food. Indeed if someone told me I probably would have laughed at them. As this insane, hard, heartbreaking, truth searing year (in calendar form anyway) winds to its end...
