After some busy weeks, planting new garlic – Russian, Queensland Purple and Australian Red, we are now beginning the great ginger harvest. Jed has become our sales man and Simon and I are busy digging up the ginger and turmeric. It is all done by hand, cleaned, sorted and washed to make sure that weContinue reading “Winter 2021 (June, July, August)”
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Getting ready for Autumn 2021
So the ginger is getting itself ready for harvest in August, we have replanted Russian garlic and added a few new varieties to see how they go – Queensland Purple, Australian Red and Italian Purple. The new varieties produce a smaller bulb but stronger and hotter flavour so looking forward to trying them in theContinue reading “Getting ready for Autumn 2021”
First Harvest
So the hot weather of December has arrived and the Garlic has decided that it needs to be harvested. The Ginger has started sprouting but it needs regular watering to stop the young leaves burning in the sun. We have to mow regularly between the rows to keep the grass down, may be the Roo’sContinue reading “First Harvest”