Four Things to Ask When buying your next flowers
Things to ask when buying your next bouquet: How far have your flowers travelled? Were they ethically & sustainably produced and...
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wayne
Oct 4, 20231 min read
To pinch or not to pinch, that is the question
No not stealing! pinching is a technique of cutting back a flower to encourage it to bush out and create more stems, which equals more...
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wayne
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Looking for something to do during the school holidays?
Come and visit Kinglake and the surrounding areas. The Rotary Kinglake market is on Sunday 24th September. This is a great market packed...
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wayne
Sep 6, 20234 min read
12 edible everyday flowers
We are often asked for edible flowers to decorate cakes or to jazz up a regular meal. Edible flowers are a great way to add color,...
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wayne
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Do I really need to dig up my Dahlia Tubers?
Seed to Stem Kinglake Farm Flowers Sustainable Flowers The internet and social media is loaded with pictures and stories of flower...
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wayne
Aug 12, 20232 min read
RIP Gidget
Our 6 year old french bulldog passed last week. One day she was racing into the surf on a Queensland beach chasing her ball, 2 days later...
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wayne
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Resilience and Beauty
“Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep...
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wayne
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Garlic, an ancient super food
We've been busy at the farm this last month harvesting and curing garlic. It was one of our original crops which seems to thrive in our...
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wayne
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Failure, a part of life.
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” Oprah Winfrey We attempted to grow ranunculus this season for the first time, an epic fail. We have a...
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wayne
Oct 8, 20212 min read
Snapdragons - Grace and Resilience
Thats the english name, the scientific name is "antirrhinums" coming from the Greek word "antirrhinum" meaning “nose-like", the Romans...
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wayne
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Super Calendula
Calendula is a garden and body power house. If you don’t grow it you should. A member of the Asteraceae family. It flowers most of the...
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wayne
Sep 24, 20212 min read
We can do better
Aren't all flowers environmentally friendly? Actually and unfortunately no not all flowers are created equally. If bringing pesticides...
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wayne
Sep 15, 20210 min read
Meet Dobbie
The elderly statesman on the farm. We are not entirely sure his age, he arrived at the farm as part of a ‘package deal’ back in early...
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wayne
Sep 12, 20213 min read
Soil, the Secret of Life
The difference between soil and dirt is life. Dirt is lifeless, soil is full of life. As a farmer, grower, or back yard gardener we are...
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wayne
Sep 4, 20211 min read
Meet Eleanor, Finn and Rey
Our family includes farm animals of course. They provide valuable mowing service, turning into poop which we use to turn into nutrient...
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wayne
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Double your yield on your fruit trees this season - The one Key thing to do NOW!
The one key task to double the yield on your fruit trees this Spring is a little counter intuitive, give it a good hair cut! Trimming and...
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wayne
Aug 28, 20211 min read
Tulips - Tips for the longest vase life
If you don’t get 10 or more days vase life from your tulips these tips are for you.
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wayne
Aug 26, 20211 min read
Daffodil Day - 27th August
Live in the present moment. Gratitude.
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wayne
Aug 25, 20211 min read
A Passion for Flowers
Almost 12 months ago to the day we started farming flowers, driven by a combination of the years tumultuous events and a passion for...
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