We’re using the first few years of our farm to plan and also test what suits our property and our skills. We’ve completed major infrastructure works requiring considerable capital outlay including clearing vegetation, road building, dam renovation, tractor purchase and fencing.  We’ve removed countless bags of thistles after hand digging them out. Planting has focused on those varieties that will not bear fruit for 3+ years.

We are completing the Sprout Producer Program so we can learn:

• complementary planting in market gardening and everything to do with the various plantings we have in place or may have in the future
• Installation of trellis systems for both grapes and fruit trees – espaliering!
• More about deterring rabbits, possums, wallabies and birds
• Budgeting
• Marketing

Our dream is to work on the farm full time without the need for alternative income streams whilst sipping a “Drifting Farm Pinot Noir” on our deck at the end of the day, looking over the vineyard and eating fresh produce from the farm that we have been successfully growing and selling to the local community, restaurants and tourists. We also want to contribute to food and wine quality for Tasmanians.