And now comes the prepping

The time-consuming job of preparing our garlic for sale.  It will begin to be available for sale next week.  For pricing and how to order visit our website.

New Garlic Crop available for sale 1 November 2019

It's been busy at the farm harvesting this year's garlic crop.  We harvested half the paddock by hand, the other half by trialing a new machine.  The crop is looking good and will be available for sale through our website.

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Garlic Harvester

2019 new crop

HEALTHY GARLIC OIL

Healthy Garlic Oil - from the book "Omega 3 Cuisine" by Alan Roettinger with Udo Erasmus

Several companies now produce oils infused with various flavours, such as basil or garlic. Commercially, where the health benefits are not considered paramount (if at all), infusion is accomplished by heating the oil with various aromatics. In order to protect the fragile qualities of Udo’s Oil, the same results will be obtained without heating, in some cases by increasing the quantity of the flavouring agents. The procedure is quite simple, as you will see.

If you like garlic, this will immediately become a staple in your kitchen. It’s the quickest and easiest oil infusion, requiring no straining, decanting, or any other monkeying around. Properly steamed vegetables really need nothing else. Merely drizzle some of this oil on them and you will have a dish that anyone will eat with pleasure. It’ll turn pedestrian mashed potatoes into something truly special. Keep some of this on hand in your refrigerator and you’ll discover countless uses for it. It’s a standard ingredient in many of the recipes in this book.

Makes about 1 cup

4 to 7 cloves garlic (see note)

1 cup Udo’s Choice 3 6 9

Oil Blend

Pass the garlic cloves through a garlic press into a small jar. Add the oil and stir. Pour into a clean glass jar or bottle. Simple Garlic Udo’s Oil will keep for about 1 week in the refrigerator or 1 month in the freezer.

Barrington River Organic Farm Garlic

OUR CERTIFIED ORGANIC GARLIC

Our Certified Organic garlic is shooting up through the soil - only planted a month ago and it's looking good after much-needed rain.

Garlic a month after planting

Find out more at our website Barrington River Organic Farm

Autumn in the Orchard

Beautiful sunny Autumn days in the orchard.

Pomegranate Trees

Quinces

Pomegranates

Grapefruit Trees

Orange Trees

OUR 2019 GARLIC CROP IS IN THE GROUND

This week we planted out our 2019 garlic crop.  Because of the extremely dry weather conditions over the past months, we did not have enough mulch to cover all the beds. This year for the first time we have used weed mat on a couple of rows.  The remaining rows are heavily mulched.  This crop should be ready for harvest in November 2019.

The 2019 garlic crop 

Our 2018 crop is now sold out

We have sold out of our 2018 certified organic garlic crop.  We have now planted our 2019 crop which will be available in November 2019.
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OUR 2016 CROP OF TURMERIC IS NOW AVAILABLE

Our new crop of Certified Organic Turmeric has now been processed for sale. Order Online here. Wholesale enquiries are welcome.  Contact us through our web site or visit our Facebook page

GARLIC GOLD FOR BARRINGTON FARMER

Love this article by local Gloucester journo, Rebecca Casson. She has really captured the essence of our garlic story in the Mid North Coast Paddock to Plate magazine.
Link to article

Barrington River Organic Farm Garlic Crop

GARLIC PLAITS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE

Sharni is busy in the warehouse plaiting our Aussie White Garlic so we now have plaits available in two sizes, 300 g and 500 g.  Ideal Christmas gifts for the gourmet in your life. Buy online

EASTER AT THE FARM

Easter - a time for relaxation and reflection.  The garlic has been planted, the farm is lush and green. Our designated camping area is full of our children, grandchildren, our friends, their friends.  We have our fingers crossed that the sun is going to shine.

CERTIFIED ORGANIC GARLIC 5 KG BAGS ON WAY TO WHOLESALER

GARLIC HEAVEN

Garlic Waiting to be Cleaned

Garlic Hanging to Dry

It's garlic heaven at the farm with our certified organic, biodynamic, garlic hanging to dry. Once dry it's transported to our warehouse, sorted and cleaned ready for sale. This is our best ever crop!

Order Online or phone 02 4997 2530

Cleaned Garlic

VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND STAY UP TO DATE

To find out more about us we would love you to visit and "like" our Barrington River Organic Farm facebook page.

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GROWING GARLIC WITH BIODYNAMICS

Garlic Growers in our area plant out their crops over Autumn. Our crop is in the ground and growing beautifully, ready to be harvested late October, early November.

What do you need to do to grow garlic biodynamically?

If a green manure crop has been grown on beds, brush cut the crop, then mulch mow it and if you don’t want to dig it in, spray it with either Manure Concentrate or Combined Soil Preparation, then you can apply a layer of biodynamic compost, worm castings or your choice of organic fertiliser (blood and bone, dynamic lifter etc). Water this in and cover the beds with a thick layer (200 ml) of mulch (old pasture hay is great). Leave for 4-6 weeks, then pull mulch aside and plant garlic cloves. Apply another spray of Combined Soil Preparation or Soil Activator when mulch has been pulled aside for planting before re-applying.

Those who are cultivating their beds, apply Biodynamic Soil Activator or Combined Soil Preparation to the soil after cultivation and again at planting.

Garlic cloves will benefit from being soaked overnight before planting in stirred biodynamic soil preparation (whatever you are using).

When the garlic shoots are 100 ml high, you can spray the crop with Horn Silica.

When the crop has started taking off again in Spring, apply a biodynamic soil spray, followed by Horn Silica in the morning. Two weeks later, the crop can be sprayed with Fish/Seaweed Concentrate.

One week before harvest, spray the crop with Horn Silica (some people spray this on root crops that are ready for harvest in the afternoon). This will finish off the crop, maximising flavour and shelf life. It will also strengthen the outer skin and prevent fungal attack in storage.

To find out more visit the Biodynamic Agriculture Australia's web site

IS THE HIGH COST OF ORGANIC FOOD WORTH IT?

This article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide on 24 June 2014.

The article is by Dr Andrew Monk, chairman of the Australian Organic Association and answers a lot of questions regarding Australian organics.

Our farm is certified organic with ACO and we think it is definitely worth it!

http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/food-news/qa-is-the-high-cost-of-organic-food-worth-it-20140621-3akea.html

BUCKETTS OF GARLIC PROMOTION, GLOUCESTER NSW

A celebration of Garlic in the beautiful towns of Gloucester and Stroud and surrounds.  What a glorious Gloucester Garlic Day at the recent Farmer's Market.  There was a huge selection of local garlic, including our Certified Organic varieties and our Black Garlic (more information at www.blackgarlic.net.au).

OUR FARM FEATURES IN PRIME 7 TV SEGMENT ON GLOUCESTER GARLIC

Our beautiful Barrington River Organic Farm was featured on Prime 7 News on 7 January 2013.  Our delicious Certified Organic Garlic is strong and sweet, despite the long dry spell. If you would like to try our "Good Gloucester Garlic", as Jan puts it, please visit our website, www.barringtonriverorganicfarm.com.au.

Here's the link to the video:

http://au.prime7.yahoo.com/n1/news/a/-/local/20639156/garlic-festival-video/

SUSTAINABLY BUILT FARMHOUSE PART OF GLOUCESTER GARDEN RAMBLE

What a weekend!  Visitors from everywhere came to Gloucester to take part in the Garden Ramble.  And our sustainably built, off-the-grid house at the farm was part of it. The house is reliant on solar cells to generate 240V power.  There are also hot water solar panels (backed up by a fuel stove) for reticulated water heating, through in-room radiators in winter. The house takes advantage of the northern orientation to provide winter warmth, which is stored in the stained concrete floors. The U shaped plan encloses a protected courtyard against the hill behind. The Flowform water cascade and pond helps temper the dry micro-climate.  It was wonderful to be able to share our house and garden and be part of this event in beautiful Gloucester.www.barringtonriverorganicfarm.com.au