“Our Vinegar Story” as told by Kurt Ammann. Having been health conscious for 35 years of long learning I turned our small family wine farm organic (1994) and then bio-dynamic (2001). [...]
At Rozendal we navigate by nature’s rhythms. We plant and harvest, produce and transform. Our orientation to organic farming and healthy eating transfers onto our practices and produce. [...]
We decided to plant potatoes for the first time on Rozendal as just as we cleared a large new patch of garden, we discovered that Livingseeds was stocking good quality organic seed [...]
The Royal Family of olives, the Kalamata, are known for their intense burst of flavor, firm-to-the-taste texture and are a favourite for us to pickle at Rozendal Farm. We have just picked [...]
Mindfulness is beautifully expressed by this quote: “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”― Thich Nhat Hanh Life on our farm unfurls each day to nature’s cadence, moment [...]
A friend of Rozendal, Sandra Hill describes her experience of the horses at Rozendal . “What’s the difference between obstinacy and perseverance?” Angi asks, as we shelter from the 35°C [...]
Every day at Rozendal is much the same as the day before, and likely to be much the same as the day to come. There is a distinct pleasure to this rhythm, and we have our furry, feathered, [...]
As the saying goes….“Waste not, Want not”. In the Spring, the fig tree produces its first batch of figs from last years reserves. These figs don’t ever fully ripen. To make good [...]
A friend of Rozendal, Sandra Hill describes her experience of Rozendal in the Spring. Spring fever. If that’s what it is, that’s what I’ve got. An ache, a fierce wanting of oh, [...]
Why do we love mulch so much you may ask? Being an organic farm for 20 years we have not used any pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers for a very long time. We rely solely on sound [...]
