Orchard picking · Tree-ripened, honey-sweet figs
The sweetest fig is the one you pick yourself. We'll show you how to tell which ones are perfectly ripe and which need another couple of days.
Our hens roam under the trees, and kids usually end up following them around halfway through picking.
- Cost: entry is per person (see options below; kids 3 and under are free and need no ticket) and includes a few figs to taste; figs you take home are weighed on the way out at $20/kg
- Season: roughly March to May. Figs ripen in a rush and the season is short, so open days depend on each week's crop — please get in touch before you come
- Where: Silvan — we'll send the address and parking details after you book
Picking tips
- Wear long sleeves and gloves: the milky sap from fig leaves and stems can irritate skin
- Cup the fig and fold it up at the stem — ripe figs are soft, so don't squeeze
- Wear comfortable shoes; the orchard floor is bare soil
How we grow
Everything here is grown the same way
Growing the taste you remember
Supermarket fruit keeps getting bigger and prettier, yet somehow it has lost its fragrance and depth. To boost yields and survive long transport, synthetic fertilisers and sprays have become the norm.
What we want to grow is the taste you remember from childhood: fruit picked only once it's ripe on the branch, there when the season comes and gone until next year.
A little slower, a little harder
Farming without chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilisers means:
- Lower yields, and fruit of uneven sizes
- Weeding by hand instead of with herbicides
- Much more care to keep pests and disease away
- Higher costs – but food you can trust
How we look after the soil
Good fruit starts with good soil. We use only natural fertilisers:
- Wood ash: from the farm's own fallen branches and leaves, for potassium
- Sheep manure: from a nearby grazing property, fully composted before use
- Compost: fruit peels, vegetable scraps and chicken manure, slowly composted on the farm
- Seaweed fertiliser: for trace elements
Farm guides
A little more about our fruit
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