This blog details some of the projects and challenges that farm custodianship has thrown at us since 2008. As of late 2021 we have planted just over 16,000...

2020: The canopy closes over

The race to the sky is on and any tree with an advantage over its neighbours is branching out wider as the upper forest canopy is forming. The wattles, having won the early race by growing fast and wide are now struggling to keep up. Many of these wattles will blow...

Under-vine Mowing

We stopped applying herbicides to our chardonnay vineyard in 2008 so we were forced to look at alternatives for managing the under-vine space in our vineyards. We decided to purchase an under-vine mower because it enabled us to maintain the vineyard floor without...

Flame weeding

Since converting to organic viticulture in late 2008 we have encountered problems such tall clumping grasses that are not compatible with either our vineyard configuration or our under vine management strategy. This video shows one of our first full vineyard attempts...