It has been a while since I have posted on the blog. September to January have been the busiest on record. The development of our edible garden for the Restaurant has been a great success. There are very few places if any where the food is so fresh.
We've had a lot of planting over summer. I have taken the approach of planting in the ground plus at the same time planting the seeds in seed trays in the green house to compare the growing times and success rates. The spinach I planted outside in spring all seemed to disappear which was disappointing. My lettuce was much more successful.
Water over summer is always an issue. I have rigged up a system where I can pump water from our natural spring down the bottom of the hill and water the whole garden very quickly with a series of sprinklers, hoses and irrigation. This has been very handy on hot days to be able to water the whole garden very quickly at the end of the day. This is usually done at about 6-7pm while I'm picking vegetables for the restaurant in the evening. Last year we lost a lot of veges with the heat. This year we have been much more prepared.
We recently took a flight with Apollo Bay Aviation and flew to the 12 Apostles and then back over Aire Valley Restaurant and managed to get some photos. This picture shows the size of our vegetable garden. Over the past year it has triple in size and plans are underway to increase this further over the next year.
Aire Valley Restaurant
2590 Great Ocean Road
Hordern Vale 3238
ph: 5237 9223
26kms from Apollo Bay
22kms from Lavers Hill
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