Elphin Grove Farm in Sassafras East, Tasmania, Australia | Farm

Elphin Grove Farm

Locality: Sassafras East, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 418 121 990

Address: 265 Greens Creek Road 7307 Sassafras East, TAS, Australia

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25.01.2022 Beautiful sunset tonight, the plus side of evening spraying #farming #agriculture #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

25.01.2022 We put some underground mains in this years corn paddock and we are now plowing ready to plant in a couple of weeks. All go at the moment #irrigation #plowing #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

25.01.2022 Onto drilling our second paddock of poppies and should get the third and final one in this afternoon hopefully the rain showers forecast for Saturday come to fruition otherwise we will be irrigating fairly soon #poppies #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

25.01.2022 Long night ahead getting ground ready for potato planting tomorrow. Little bit behind schedule after a slight set back this arvo, flat tyre on the tractor slowed things down a bit always happens when you don’t want it to #spuds #onepassworking #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

25.01.2022 Peas are up through the ground and growing well #peas #simplotaustralia #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

25.01.2022 Great tasting sweet corn from the north west coast.

25.01.2022 Peas are in full flower and looking a treat all we need is some heat. oh and a rain would be nice #peas #simplot #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

24.01.2022 Very happy to see this nearly have all our spuds out, wet years are always challenging and after having nearly 18 inches of rain since the middle of February, this has certainly been a wet one. Now to get some rye grass into the paddock to get some cover over it #spuds #simplot #farming #agriculture #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

24.01.2022 Putting some underground main in the paddock we are looking at putting our corn in this year, wasn’t looking forward to moving pipes though corn, so it’s good that we can do this #undergroundmain #irrigation #agriculture #farming #familyfarming #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

24.01.2022 Gday all, it has been bought to my attention that there is a fake account pretending to be me out there and is also sending messages to people. If any of my followers get an invite to follow elphingrovefarm1010 please decline and report it. There is only one of me and some of you out there would believe that’s enough #elphingrovefarm

24.01.2022 Set up at Farm Fate market in Hobart, I have a couple of helpers today come and get some fresh Sweetcorn, babycorn, celeriac and popcorn @farmgatemarket #farmersmarket #fresh #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

23.01.2022 Gorgeous day to be walking the yearlings back to there paddock just weighed them as we have some to go to local butchers on the weekend . #beef #shoplocal #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

23.01.2022 Bit cool this morning checking sheep but setting up to be a cracking day #lambing #farming #agriculture #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

22.01.2022 Nice frosty start again today, love days like this as they usually end up in being a cracking day #frosty #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

21.01.2022 Corn is loving this warmer weather and is growing like mad, if Mother Nature stays kind to us I recon we won’t be far off harvest in early feb #sweetcorn #fresh #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

21.01.2022 All go in our Lucerne paddock, our first cut being raked, baled and wrapped for silage with dad bringing the bales in now to get some Fert on ready for the rain wensday/ Thursday #farming #lucerne #silage #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

21.01.2022 Home grown tea tonight, corn, celeriac, zucchini and steak on the bbq, spuds and beans on the stove inside. It’s at times like this I’m glad we live on a farm #familyfarm #farming #agriculture #tasmania #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

21.01.2022 Set up at Harvest Market Launceston, come and get some fresh sweetcorn, babycorn, celeriac and popcorn @harvest_launceston #farmersmarket #familyfarm #farming #agriculture #tasmania #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

20.01.2022 Very happy to see this happening, our last two paddocks of poppies are going today we got good weight of the lasts paddock, just need some good alkaloid results to go with it #poppies #harvest #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

20.01.2022 Very happy to see the harvester back to get into our spuds again. A wet year isn’t a good thing for getting spuds out and hats off to the guys running the harvesters and the field officers for doing a good job under tough conditions #potatoes #potatoharvest #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

20.01.2022 First planting of corn for the season, few more to go if things work out we should be harvesting early February #sweetcorn #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

19.01.2022 All set up at our first harvest market for the season. Come and get some fresh corn, celeriac, babycorn and popcorn @harvest_launceston #farmersmarket #fresh #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

19.01.2022 We got our first crop in for this season on Friday. A paddock of peas for simplot now to work on poppy ground #peas #simplot #agriculture #farming #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

19.01.2022 The old and the new we had our new tractor delivered on Friday and I planted a patch of sweetcorn with it this morning, very happy with it. Also took the chance of a warm day to plant some baby corn and a few popcorn trial varieties, bring on some more warm weather

19.01.2022 Corn season is officially underway. We got our first planting in yesterday, just a few more to go #sweetcorn #planting #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

17.01.2022 Poppies are starting to come through nicely. Just about to give them there second irrigation to even them up #poppies #irrigation #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

17.01.2022 This seasons celeriac is in and about to get watered in starting to dry out enough that the rest of our crops will be looking for a drink, first season for a long time we have got this far though without watering #celeriac #irrigation #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

16.01.2022 The plus side of starting irrigators late on nights like this. Gorgeous evening after a windy few days #irrigation #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

16.01.2022 Set up ready at Harvest Market Launceston. Come and get some fresh sweetcorn, celeriac, baby corn and popcorn @harvest_launceston #sweetcorn #celeriac #babycorn #popcorn #farmersmarket #farmingfamily #tasmania #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

16.01.2022 I dug a few spuds out of a trial we have in the paddock. If they all come out like this then we will have a good crop #bigspuds #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

15.01.2022 Nice evening after a bit of a random weather day, pretty sure we had all 4 seasons again today hopefully we can get a few days of summer from now on #weather #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #tasmania #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

15.01.2022 Set up ready at @harvest_launceston come and get some fresh sweetcorn, celeriac, babycorn and popcorn #farmersmarket #fresh #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

14.01.2022 Set up ready to go at harvest market in Launceston, come and get some fresh sweetcorn, celeriac, babycorn and popcorn @harvest_launceston #farmersmarket #fresh #farmingfamily #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

14.01.2022 The joys of supplying fresh produce, dug celeriac yesterday in the rain for an order and 75mm of rain later I’m back getting more. Safe to say it’s a bit wet underfoot good workout for the legs when the muds up to your calves, leg day for farmers #farming #celeriac #fresh #agriculture #farmingfamily #tasmania #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

13.01.2022 Bit of a chilly morning checking the ewes. Considering we only had our first lamb a week ago and we are now have about 1/3 of them lambed, things are going well #lambing #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

13.01.2022 All set up nice and early at Farm Gate Market in Hobart. Come and get some fresh sweetcorn, celeriac and popcorn. @farmgatemarket #farmersmarket #farmingfamily #farming #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

13.01.2022 Few nights away with the family, one more reluctant for a photo than the others we were meant to be on a tropical beach but doing a tassy tour again, bloody rona #stanley #familyfarm #tasmania #elphingrovefarm @ Stanley, Tasmania

13.01.2022 First mob of lambs marked for this year, only a small mob but percentages are looking good so far #lambmarking #lambing #agriculture #farming #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

13.01.2022 Our corn is finally starting to get some colour in it, has been a slow and rather frustrating season so far but we are closer to starting picking. We planted the same date as last season but we are now 2 weeks behind with harvest and we haven’t started yet bring on some hotter weather #sweetcorn #freshmarket #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

12.01.2022 Planting our 5th planting of corn today it’s loving this warmer weather and its coming through the ground in 6-7 days and growing well #sweetcorn #farming #familyfarm #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

12.01.2022 Bit of lamb spam. Lambing is in full swing and we are a bit over half way through. We have got quite a few triplets in the last couple of days and clear mornings giving some pretty good views of Mount Roland #lambing #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #tasmania #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

12.01.2022 Happy man this morning seeing our peas go before the forecast rain this afternoon #peas #simplot #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

11.01.2022 Set up early ready for kick off at farm gate market come and get some fresh sweetcorn, babycorn, celeriac and tassie popcorn @farmgatemarket #sweetcorn #celeriac #babycorn #tassiepopcorn #elphingrovefarm

10.01.2022 Sweetcorn has nearly poked its head though 9 days after planting, not bad for this early in the season. Nearly ready to put the next strip in #sweetcorn #agriculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

10.01.2022 Had a bit happening on the farm today. Had our beans planted, started harvesting the small plots of grass seed, did the first of 11 larger plots and now I’m putting a pre-emergent herbicide on the beans #busyseason #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

10.01.2022 We planted our beans last Monday and right on schedule, nearly a week later, they are just about come through the ground always good when things come together #beans #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

10.01.2022 A cold November has put us 19 days behind where we were last year but finally we have started picking corn. Slow going at the moment with us having to check each cob to see if it mature enough, but at least it’s a start. We will be at Harvest market in Launceston and also Farm Gate market in hobart with sweetcorn, celeriac, baby corn and popcorn. Keep an eye out on the next couple of days for pics of our new popcorn packaging @harvest_launceston @farmgatemarket #freshmarket #farmersmarket #sweetcorn #celeriac #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

09.01.2022 Happy new year our grass seed is being cut and rowed today. It has looked a good crop right through and soon we will find out if it yields what we hope #grassseed #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

09.01.2022 First paddock of poppies are gone always good at this time of year to see them being harvested especially with a bit of rain forecast. #poppies #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

09.01.2022 We have 3 different varieties of poppies in this year, which we do quite often, but this is the first year we have grown one with purple flowers will look pretty cool when the whole paddock is flowering #poppies #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

08.01.2022 Back for the first time in 12 months All set up ready at Farm Gate Market come and get some sweetcorn, babycorn, celeriac and tassie popcorn @farmgatemarket #sweetcorn #babycorn #celeriac #tassiepopcorn #farmermarket #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

08.01.2022 We have had a bit on over the last couple of weeks, we are just irritating beans that went in a couple of days ago, spud are flying and looking good and we have grass seed nearly dry enough to harvest busy time of year and everything is loving this hot weather #beans #spuds #grassseed #irrigation #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

06.01.2022 Busy day today shearing our ewes ready to join shortly. Had a helper turn up after school, he makes a good roustabout just needs to get a bit bigger so he can throw a fleece and I’m out of the shed #shearing #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

06.01.2022 Our grass seed crops and pea crop is making everything look nice and green at the moment. Both are loving a warm sunny day as much as I am #grassseed #peas #farming #farmlife #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

06.01.2022 Putting in our last planting of corn today. The rest seen to be running on schedule and should have some ready by early February #sweetcorn #freshmarket #farming #familyfarm #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

06.01.2022 Lambing has started for this season, 2 singles and a set of twins to kick things off #lambingseason #familyfarm #farming #agriculture #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

06.01.2022 Around at a mate place on tow duty watch his maize crop be harvested 52 weeks after planting, pretty impressive how it has held up . The funny part about it is I planted next years crop for them yesterday #maize #farming #farmingfamily #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

05.01.2022 Did a bit of building work yesterday. Our workshop needed a new roof as the old one was starting to get a few leaks. Took a bit longer with the 4 seasons of weather we had in the one day but got it done and happy with how it came up. Put the old iron over the bird avery for a bit more protection. Winning all round #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

05.01.2022 Weather must be warming up , found this bloke walking through the paddock while I was spreading fert. Hopefully his legless friend don’t start popping up #bluetongueskink #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

05.01.2022 The corn and celeriac are coming along nicely, a little behind schedule but you get that . Looks like we should start harvesting in about 7 to 10 days weather depending #sweetcorn #celeriac #freshmarket #farming #agriculture #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

05.01.2022 Redoing a bit of fence to try and stop the wallabies from eating all our beans. With the bush being dry they are loving the new green shoots and have eaten the tops off a couple of acres already. #pests #beans #fencing #farming #agriculture #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

05.01.2022 Happy Friday everyone, got to love waiting for the wind to drop so you spray beats doing it at stupid o’clock in the morning #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

05.01.2022 It’s aways good to get up and find half your peas have been harvested they are pretty impressive machines as all they take from the farm are the individual peas. All the vines and pods are left behind. Now to get the straw spread and dry ready to bale #peas #simplot #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

05.01.2022 The photos of the workshop roof that didn’t go on the last post

04.01.2022 Set up ready to go at Harvest Market Launceston. Come and get some fresh sweetcorn, babycorn, celeriac and popcorn #farmersmarket #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #elphingrovefarm

04.01.2022 Couple more days and our peas will be gone will bale the straw as quickly as we can ready to turn the paddock around for beans #peas #simplot #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

04.01.2022 Busy day today planting potatoes, after a delayed start from a random 5mm of rain we got last night we have nearly got them finished #potatoes #russetpotatoes #simplot #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

03.01.2022 Great to see these guys and other restaurants opening up after a hard couple of months. It will be a slow start but at least it’s a start #celeriac #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

02.01.2022 Celeriac planting is underway all things being equal we should have new seasons celeriac ready early February #celeriac #transplanting #argiculture #farming #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

02.01.2022 Normally by this time on a Saturday we would be getting towards the end of the Harvest market, but due to the current circumstances the market management made the tough decision to cancel the market and have been working there arses off to get the online ordering platform up and running so people don’t miss out on the amazing produce the market provides. Make sure you check out the harvest website and make an order. Also a shout out to both Youngs Vege Shed and Ye Olde Green Grocer in Launceston who have both put out a huge amount of our corn this week now to get back to doing the jobs I haven’t got to for a while @harvest_launceston @yeoldegreengrocer @youngsvegieshed #whataweek #freshmarket #farming #agriculture #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

02.01.2022 Planting for this season has started with our peas going in today hopefully we get a rain Thursday like forecasted to wash them in #peas #simplot #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

02.01.2022 Next planting of corn going in must be warming up, we have gone from a 14 day emergence to 8 days #corn #sunshine #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

02.01.2022 Update - now looks like we will be baking tomorrow afternoon Raking up our pea straw ready to be baled tonight of anyone is after some let me know, it makes awesome garden mulch. $6 a bale in the paddock and delivery can be arranged for extra. #peastraw #gardenmulch #farming #farmingfamily #agriculture #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

02.01.2022 Just put our 4th planting of corn in. It’s really looking forward to some warmer weather. Usually by this time of year it is through the ground in 8-9 days. We are around 12 days at the moment. Not sure how this will effect harvest consistency but it sure makes planning things interesting #sweetcorn #farming #agriculture #farmingfamily #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm

01.01.2022 ISO Saturday night when you have the time to clean the shed . Managed to find the 8 ball table under a bit of vital equipment . Hope everyone is well and managing ok in this changing time #isolation #familyfarm #eastsassafras #tasmania #elphingrovefarm