Visit Jenny 10 November 2013

On Sunday 10 November we visited Jennie and Russell's farm at Sandfly

There were a lot of events on that Sunday, so it was great to see that quite a crowd made the trip to Sandfly for this great food-garden visit.

Russell (standing on the left) and Jennie (on the right) welcome us

Jennie and Russell have lived at Enkidu Farm for thirty years and are aiming to be as self-sufficient as possible.  Their property consists of a native garden, an ornamental garden, a vegie garden, two pasture areas and bush, spread over many acres.

Here is their cottage garden which was flowering very nicely

This is their food garden and fruit tree area

Their hothouse is a special design built out of recycled materials

Some of the Enkidu farm animals

Jennie and Russell have around a hundred ducks, a few Jersey cows, a small herd of Murray Grey cattle on top of the hill and a small flock of Dorper sheep.

Jennie and Russell make their own yoghurt, cream and cheese

These visits are always a great opportunity to network

Thanks everyone who brought food for morning tea (these morning teas are getting better and better!).

Thanks everyone too for bringing their surplus plants, seeds and produce. We had a table full of things for people to take home. I went home with an 'Antohi Romanian' capsicum seedling and am looking forward to finding out a few months from now what its fruit is like.

Look what everyone brought!

A major thank you to Jennie and Russell for being such perfect hosts, for sharing their expertise and inspiring everyone.

And last, but not least, many thanks to their friends Pam and Peter who were quite obviously crucial in making this a great food-garden visit.

This text was previously published on the Food Garden Group blog. It was written by Max Bee.