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Commenced:	01/10/2009
Submitted:	11/12/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	please see map on website, Hiawatha, Victoria, AU
Phone:	61 3 51851235
Website:	http://www.gardenfarm.biz
Climate zone:	Mediterranean

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garden farm permaculture

Project Type

Rural, Demonstration, Educational, Financial Economic

Project Summary

a farm, which, with diversity and development modelled upon permaculture principles, can demonstrate economic viability for its owners, and serve as a teaching and learning experience for its owners, visitors, clients, neighbours and friends

Project Description

Bob and Angie run this farm with plenty of advice from others and a great library.

This 120 acre farm presently runs beef cattle, sheep, free range hens, fruit and vegetables, with further opportunities.

To date the infrastructure has been improved, zonings established, water systems have been created including gravity dams, ponds, orchards interspersed with potatoes and other crops, and soil improvements undertaken.

We have done major earthworks on some steep land to establish terraces for future fruit and nut forests.

Some chestnut and walnut plantings have been undertaken to augment and complement the wilderness areas

Wild life abounds and water birds frequent the property in direct proportion to the number of ponds we create

There have been two cottages established for those interested in holidaying or investigating the property

Presently we are working on a greenhouse and a rocket mass heater.

Future plans include compost stations on a farm scale which will utilise the biomass and chicken manure from the farm

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Permaculture Start 10th-11th January 2015

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