Picked & Packed
Arriving at Taddei Orchards I feel far from the West Gingin sandy plains, the scene would not be out of place in Tuscany.
Beautifully groomed...
Supersprouts
Have you had your serve of sprouts today?
A sprout is at the transitional stage between seed and plant. It is, to put it simply,...
It’s a bug’s life
Our local “Bug Man”, Lachlan Chilman has dedicated the last nine years to breeding beneficial bugs in his commercial insectarium
in the Northern Valleys.
These microscopic...
A hard nut to crack
May2012
Brenda and Bill Denham have a Macadamia farm of 800 trees in Chittering.
They planted all the trees themselves, the first 200 were planted about...
A first for WA
She is the first purebred Speckled Park heifer born in WA, arriving a week early on June 14th 2012 and weighing 32 kilos. Garry...
Christos hospitality
At a time when many people are pulling grapevines out of the ground, and vineyards are seen as a liability, it is refreshing to...
Feeding the birds
When Amos Machlin took on this retirement farming project he didn’t anticipate that his biggest challenge would be keeping the birds away.
With 900 Pecan...
The mighty merino!
There is something quite magnificent about a Merino Ram, they really are the Hercules of sheep.
I’ve had a recent love affair with Merino Wool,...
Blooming Blueberries
Father and son, Derek and Marek Fisher, are understandably pretty excited about their new horticulture venture, blueberries.
For the last few years they have built...
Old vine discovery
When Gail & Dan Bam purchased the 100 acre ‘Glenowen’ property in Bindoon in 1996 they had no idea about winemaking, just a lifelong...
The beauty of bamboo
Peter Jones is passionate about bamboo. After a chance viewing of a bamboo segment on Burke’s Backyard, the former Army officer set out to...
Beekeeper’s life for Buzz ’n’ Bear
Brendon Fewster (aka Buzz) and Brad Gresele (aka Bear) are Gingin beekeepers who you may spot on a hot February day, tucked away in...
