the vegie patch
The Agrarian Kitchen’s growing areas have been hewn from grazing paddock, securely fenced and tirelessly tilled to create a five hundred square metre vegetable garden, an extensive berry patch and a thirty seven tree orchard.
The vegetable garden was first tilled by our own saddleback pigs to remove stubborn perennial weeds before being formed into beds. Paths are constructed of mulched tree trimmings from the property and lined with stones from our front paddock. The garden has been designed by local gardener and journalist Paul Healy and is gardened according to organic principles without the use of pesticides or artificial fertilisers and is predominately planted with heirloom varieties.
The berry patch pays homage to the local areas history of berry growing and is currently being constructed on a wire trellis system, we currently have ten varieties of raspberry, several bramble berries, gooseberries and red, white and black currants.
The orchard is a mixture of heritage apples, pears, plums, cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, quinces and mulberries, each tree is a different variety and most are grown on a wire trellis in the form of espalier.
