When life gives you lemons…
When life gives you lemons... It’s a well-known saying that’s very relevant right now. Because of the unprecedented rainfall, 2022 has been an extremely challenging year for growers. At [...]
When life gives you lemons... It’s a well-known saying that’s very relevant right now. Because of the unprecedented rainfall, 2022 has been an extremely challenging year for growers. At [...]
Support Plants A lot of thought and planning go into what we plant at the Green Connect Farm. This is evident when you look at the neat rows of [...]
Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants Here at the farm, one of the foundations of growing our crops is taking care of the soil. Soil is made up of four main components [...]
Managing Weeds Managing weeds is one of the most time-consuming tasks on our farm. Even in a smaller backyard garden, weeds can quickly get out of control, particularly at this [...]
New sheep at the farm Green Connect Farm now has a small breeding flock of Damara sheep! This unusual breed originated in East Asia and Egypt, before moving down [...]
Rod Logan Meet Rod, our Market Garden Coordinator at the farm for the past 18 months. Rod has a wealth of knowledge, with extensive experience including organic farming, revegetation, grazing [...]
Working with Nature: Chop & Drop This week at the farm we will be busy with ‘chop and drop’ around the farm! This is the action of heavily chopping back [...]
New Additions to the Farm Last week we welcomed two new additions to the Green Connect Farm, our alpaca Carlos and Pedro! Alpaca are often mistaken for llama; they are [...]
Goats as farm workers We have a small herd of miniature goats at the Green Connect farm, all working very hard for us. What’s wonderful is that from the goat’s [...]
Innovation in Sustainability Last week Green Connect won an international award – the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Award for Innovation in Sustainable Development. It’s a pretty big deal. It means we are [...]