Sharing our practice
Cultivating Success: How Mentors and Mentorship Shape Roebuck Farm
At Roebuck Farm, our journey from a new market garden to a thriving business has been deeply influenced by mentorship. A pivotal experience was Jodi’s time at Green...
Looking back in time, THE EVOLUTION OF ROEBUCK FARM
The Evolution of Roebuck Farm: A Journey Rooted in Bio-Intensive Gardening Roebuck Farm, nestled in Taranaki, New Zealand, has a fascinating story of development, deeply influenced by the...
Our approach to soil preparation for high water infiltration
Creating a deep living soil brings numerous benefits to our market garden, from boosting water infiltration to enhancing plant health. Here’s how we achieve record water infiltration in...
Level Up with our Top Tips for Growing Award-Winning Microgreens.
At Roebuck Farm, we’ve honed our process for growing top-quality microgreens, recently earning another medal at the Outstanding Food Producers Awards, this time for our radish microgreens. Thanks...
Our best hacks for improving your salad harvester
Quick Cut Greens Harvester Hacks: Boost Your Harvest Efficiency If you’re serious about harvesting salad greens efficiently, you know that having the right tools and techniques can make...
Efficient Harvesting Techniques: Mizuna with the Salad Greens Harvester
In our latest YouTube clip, we’re sharing our experience harvesting Mizuna with the Salad Greens Harvester. Over the years, we’ve refined our process to maximize efficiency and yield,...
How MIXING produce is LEAN + why this MATTERS
We process all our non-salad produce, with the exception of summer fruits, at our outdoor wash and pack station. We use the blue spray gun from Terratec, suspended...
Our Tricks to Harvesting Pea Shoots
Pea shoots grown in the field are a fast growing, high-value cover crop with the added financial bonus of the first growth harvested as delicious shoots. We use...
Why PEA SHOOTS grown in the field are a win for profitability + sustainability
A crop equally celebrated by us as producers, by consumers and by the soil are the delicious Pea Shoots. A great cover crop that gives financial return on...
Manage stress to seedlings + your body while repetitive transplanting
Growing lettuce in a high rainfall climate presents challenges of bottom rot and dirty lettuce after heavy rainfall. Our new greenhouse has given us many new benefits, including...
