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Greenhood Cottage Raspberries

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24.01.2022 Pick your own blueberries at Blueberry Lane starting Monday.

23.01.2022 Biodiversity is generally very welcomed at our orchard - wallabies however do test our patience! Today, one of the most bizarre life forms imaginable appeared like the claws of a demon from the deep bowels of the earth - "You shall not pass" I cried. But on further inspection, it was a unique fungi called 'octopus stinkhorn' or 'devil's fingers'. I did not try to smell it, but from the flies it was attracting, and the brown slimy goo on its tentacles, I would imagine it must... smell quite bad! Update 2/4: A new double barrelled Kraken has appeared, and there is no mistaking that 'Odor de dead wombat' scent this time. Did someone say 'Release the Kraken'?

19.01.2022 Before and after. October 2014 and October 2020.

18.01.2022 A few of our raspberries are starting to colour up! Follow our page for the raspberry season start date, probably in early December.

14.01.2022 Blueberry plants for sale in Boolarra.

14.01.2022 Cape gooseberries are ripening now. They are tangy with a pineapple / passionfruit flavour but the size and texture of a cherry tomato.

12.01.2022 FREE tagasaste seed pods available in our raspberry orchard (aka tree lucerne, good for animal fodder).

11.01.2022 U-pick blueberries will be available from Blueberry Lane at 120 Pioneer Rd, Boolarra from this Thursday, see their website for details.

09.01.2022 The raspberry season has finished at Greenhood Cottage, however Blueberry Lane in Boolarra are now in their peak season.

07.01.2022 Thanks chooks and raspberries! 10 egg yolk ice cream, 5 whites worth of meringue and our Greenhood Cottage frozen raspberries.

04.01.2022 In the spring of 2014 we purchased 100 Chilcotin raspberry plants from CleanGro in Tooradin, and planted them in October 2014. Six years later most of them are doing very well, but the northern end of our orchard is still looking very stunted. In the summer of 2019 we harvested a total of 85kg of fruit, including visitors picking their own by appointment and the ones we picked and froze ourselves. Here is a history of how we have managed the orchard to date. Our orchard is si...tuated on heavy clay which we have treated with lime and mulched heavily. The original pH was about 4.5, and is now closer to 6.0. In the areas we have worked on, we have gone from a hard grey clay to a much more friable black soil. To protect the plants from wallabies and livestock, we have fenced off the orchard and have tried to keep the wallabies out, however the wombat continues to dig holes under the fence which we try to block off with logs. We grow tree lucernes that help feed our sheep and we are starting a line of apples and pears. Some of our favourite local road-side varieties have been grafted to these root-stocks. We are also experimenting with several varieties of blueberries. Weeds grow between the rows which we slash just before picking time in a permaculture technique known as "Chop and Drop". The weeds feed the bacteria and fungi and bring up nutrients from deep. Slashing the weeds and allowing them to decompose in place helps make a green manure that promotes better moisture retention and makes nutrients available for the raspberries. In spring we run a chicken tractor between the rows allowing the baby chickens to scratch up and manure the soil, and we plant chicory seeds behind the tractor as it moves between the rows. We only do limited pruning of the raspberry canes where access is compromised, preferring to tie them up if possible to get a dense grove. This produces fruit under the bushes safe from birds. In the hard northern zone we have trialled a technique we have dubbed "Vertical Swales", whereby we dig a hole and fill it with volcanic gravel, then transplant a raspberry runner from the healthier southern zone, and wire it off to protect it from wallabies. Some of these plants are now bearing fruit. Frozen raspberries from last season are now available to purchase, and we plan to open the orchard for "Pick-your-own by appointment" in December. Follow this page for announcements on opening days.

04.01.2022 High quality, frozen chilcotin raspberries available. $10 per 600g bag. Limit 6 bags per customer. Please ring Gordon or Rosemary on 0432 560 551 for more information.

03.01.2022 Everyone is enjoying the spring sunshine at Greenhood Cottage.

03.01.2022 Our season is now closed with 83kg picked, well up from 45kg last year. See you next year!

02.01.2022 We have a small permaculture raspberry farm, and we have some bags of high quality, frozen chilcotin raspberries available. We use no chemicals (pesticides, herbicides or fungicides). $10 per 600g bag. Limit 6 bags per customer. Please ring Gordon or Rosemary on 0432 560 551 for more information.

02.01.2022 Easy pickings at Greenhood Cottage - 525g picked in 15 minutes!

01.01.2022 Greenhood Cottage Raspberries will be opening for pick-your-own this Saturday 28/11. You need to call ahead on 0432 560 551 or 5169 1621 to check whether we are home and whether we are picked out. The cost is $14 for the first kilo and $10 for any further kilos (this applies per car). Please wear sturdy footwear and a hat, and bring small change such as $5 notes and gold coins. Mask not required to be worn while outside.