Cliff View Community Farm

24/04/2025

A lovely morning in the garden after some nice soaking rain yesterday. We have most of the garlic planted the beds got a good seasol. Deb turned over the compost and Sasi and Anne started weeding in the lower garden. Thanks Deb, Sasi, and Anne for great effort this morning.

30/03/2025

🧄GARLIC SALE 🧄 Each year we grow a beautiful crop of organic garlic to help us raise funds to keep our community farm supplying free veggie boxes to BANC (Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre). If you’d like to purchase some for growing or eating- get in touch with us here or on instagram . $15- 250g/$30-500g/$55- 1kg. We can provide early or late season garlic varieties- please indicate if you have a preference. 🧑‍🌾

24/03/2025

Congratulations to our own Lyndall Crompton who received a BMCC Seniors Volunteer Recognition Award today for her role in making Cliffview Garden what it is...a place for volunteers to come and enjoy gardening, and a productive organic garden producing produce for the community. Very well deserved

14/03/2025

Harvest time in the apple orchard. To determine whether the apples are ready to be picked, we use several tests - does it come away from the tree easily, the taste test and the iodine test to determine how much starch v sugars are present in the apple. The iodine will react in the presence of starch and turn black. This apple is not ripe enough to harvest as not enough starch has converted to sugar. 🍎🍎🍎

06/02/2025

Great team effort today out at the farm in very warm conditions...tomatoes staked, beds weeded, compist turned and paths mulched. Welcome to Jay on her first day out and thanks to Deb, Sasi, Elaine, Jess, Paul, and Tony! With the rain and heat this week plants are growing so quickly so we should be harvesting soon.

27/11/2024

Very happy with our mid season garlic harvest today harvest

12/11/2024

26/10/2024

Are you keen to learn about how to look after your backyard fruit trees? Or are you interested in starting to grow your own fruit? We’re holding a workshop in the beautiful apple orchard at Cliff View Community Farm. Come along with all your fruit growing questions - we’d love to see you there 🍎🍏🍒🥝

26/10/2024

Great team effort this week to get our new pumpkin patch ready. Pumpkins are heavy feeders so we’ve lots of compost ready to spread on the pumpkin bed before we plant them out in coming week

25/08/2024

A warm weather poly tunnel solution, thanks to Jeff Crompton’s design and construct skills. Allows air flow through the poly tunnel but keeps out those pesky locals who love to come and help themselves to our veg. Using netting on the frame allows bees and other pollinators easy access.

15/08/2024

Lovely day, if a bit wet, in the garden. Massive amount of pruning so the perennial beds are looking lovely. We also made a new lot of compost and have Rocky the Owl looking over our beds..hopefully keeping the cockatoos off the garlic😀