Welcome to Owl Farm Braidwood

David and Sarah run the 46-hectare property with a commitment to sustainable and regenerative farming practices.

We are not trying to grow ‘everything’ to please all people nor satisfy ‘food fads’. Rather we want to meet customer demand for locally grown, fresh produce. We apply a Crop Value Rating on what we grow that incorporates days to maturity, yield/sqm, price/kg, length of harvest period, popularity and storage period

We produce several garlic cultivars – Monaro Purple, California Late, Italian Red, Australian White and Printanor. We benefit from Braidwood’s cold winters and hot summers.

We plant our garlic by hand in late March and harvest, again by hand, in November. Our garlic is air cured on drying racks and is available for sale in mid December. Our garlic can be stored for 3-6 months, depending on cultivar, in a well-ventilated, dry location.

Our potatoes are planted by hand in late October and are ready for harvest from the following January. We want our produce to taste like the food our grand parents would have eaten. Our potato cultivars are mostly heirloom or heritage and include pink Burgundy Blush, purple Sapphire, Purple Congo, Pink Eye, Dutch Cream, King Edward, Nicola and Up to Date.

Our shallots and pumpkins are high quality cultivars that you wont find in the high street and can be stored for longer periods. Cultivars grown include Canada Crookneck, Red Kuri, Winter Luxury and Musque de Provence.

We are thrilled to say that we are a NSW winner in the 2019 delicious Produce Awards in the From the Earth category for our heirloom potatoes (pink Burgundy Blush, Purple Congo, rich Dutch Creams and King Edward).