Spring Valley Organic Orchard in Newlands, Western Australia, Australia | Agricultural cooperative

Spring Valley Organic Orchard

Locality: Newlands, Western Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 447 316 214

Address: 19724 South Western Highway 6251 Newlands, WA, Australia

Website: http://organic-orchard.com.au

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25.01.2022 Apparently Donnybrook is about to become the ‘next big’ tourist destination of WA! (We already think that we are)

24.01.2022 We’ve been through such a long heatwave and it’s easy for us to go indoors, into the air conditioning and try and live through it but the animals don’t have that opportunity. This video shows how we can help the animals in our vicinity.

23.01.2022 There are many reasons why organic is better. This article touches on a crucial issue facing conventional farming currently. The use of pesticides is wiping out bees that are needed to pollinate crops so they fruit.

19.01.2022 Proudly DDT free ... our apples are for the birds and the bees (and our happy farm visitors!)

17.01.2022 We will be open for pick your own plums from the 10th January!

16.01.2022 I love a Sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains. But I’ve gotta tell ya mate, I like it better when it rains. The countryside is dying and there’s just no... end in site, and just to rub salt in the wounds, the bush has caught alight. The landscape is on fire from Brisbane to the Gong And everybody’s asking where the hell did we go wrong? But we can get through this one if we help each other out, take care of your neighbour , that’s what Aussies are about. The rain is going to fall again , the good times will return. But living in Australia means at times it’s going to burn. So if you need a helping hand, just give a mate a call. We’re all hear to help you out and catch you when you fall. The RFS, the SES, the firey’s, and police, all put their lives upon the line to help to keep the peace. So hats off to these hero’s and thanks for all you do And I hope when this is over we can make it up to you! - Troy Gerdes. #NswBushFires

16.01.2022 Just a short note to advise everyone we are closed this year due to Covid 19. We have picked all our fruit now and have none left. Thank you for your Enquiries. Stay safe and we hope to see you all next year

15.01.2022 Pink Lady tree ripened apples in the beautiful autumn sunlight

08.01.2022 Useful information for everyone

06.01.2022 If you have primary school aged children who are struggling a bit with lockdown and what’s going on you might be interested in this resource. A very talented friend of mine who is an educational psychologist wrote this book for kids who have anxiety to help give them a simple resource for managing it. The book is currently FREE on amazon kindle until midday Friday ... more info in the link... https://hypnosara.blog//dont-feed-the-cat-free-download-a/

05.01.2022 Hi everyone, As an immune compromised person I’m starting to implement a range of interventions aimed at keeping myself healthy. One of these is stepping up my meditation practice! I’d like to invite all of you plus anyone you feel might be interested or could benefit to come and join me a couple of times a week as we spend 20ish minutes meditating together. ... I’m going to use different techniques and styles over the days and weeks so you’ll get to explore different concepts and hopefully find new techniques to add to your repertoire! I’m in London so these sessions will be at 5pm WA time on the same days (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)

05.01.2022 Thankfully our chickens are better behaved!

05.01.2022 There’s something hatching at Spring Valley!

02.01.2022 Fun fact: those insect-eaten holey kale leaves (or any other leafy green) are actually better for you then their unassaulted counterparts!! Okay, so we all know... that I'm a plant phytochemical nerd. I believe that one of the keys to health is consuming lots of them (which means eating lots of veggies, but also seeking out those veggies that have a higher density of phytochemicals, like wild plants and like local organic produce grown in high quality soil). So, when one of my local farmers mentioned this fun fact to me today, I just had to look it up! And it's true! Plants are smarter than we think! They actually Leaves normally release small quantities of a class of phytochemical called "plant volatiles". While the name sounds a little intimidating, plant volatiles are known to have very strong anti-cancer and antioxidant properties--meaning, it's improves health to eat them (this is one of the classes of compounds in plants credited with the ubiquitous health benefits of high-veggie diets). When a leaf is damaged by herbivorous insects (yes, insects can be herbivores, carnivores or omnivores too!), many more plant volatiles are released. Exactly which plant volatiles are produced varies both by the plant species and by the species of that's eating it. Why does the plant do this? These volatiles attract both parasitic and predatory insects that are natural enemies of the herbivore insects eating the plant--meaning, it's the plant's way of recruiting help defending itself. The plant attracts other insects that like to eat the insects that are eating it. Isn't that amazing?! These plant volatiles can even signal to neighboring plants to increase their defense responses too! So, woohoo to plants for having such a sophisticated defense strategy. But, even better for us? This means that we're getting more antioxidant goodness when we eat those organically-grown leafy greens that have some insect holes in them--you know, the same ones no one else wants to buy so your farmer sells them to you on the cheap?!?! It also means we don't need to get quite so worked up about aphids eating up our vegetable gardens--they're doing us a favor! This is also why strategies like crushing garlic 10 minutes before you add it to whatever you're cooking increases the antioxidant properties. And thanks to Fry Farm for sharing this fun fact.