Green Hill Garlic

10/10/2026

Healthy looking Garlic , is there anything better , another couple of weeks and they will be ready .

28/09/2026

Quick update on the seed crop for next year , things are going well , survived the frost and cool weather

23/08/2026

When I was on the farm back in July , made a small shed for irrigation parts and to shelter the sheep when the field is not being used for garlic growing , also planted some mulberry trees in the end paddock .

01/07/2026

The shed has been completely cleaned out and dispersed on the field to enrich the soil, which the garlic will undoubtedly appreciate.

29/06/2026

29/06/2026

Spent the day outlining the beds for next year and cleaning the shed that once housed the sheep.

28/06/2026

Got to the farm ok and in good time , Well doesn’t look like much other than a great view at the moment, will be marking out the beds later and will start putting some sheep manure on to start the process.

12/06/2026

I have another update to share with you all , and I must say I am very grateful and humbled to all that have jumped onboard within the last couple of weeks thankyou everyone , the seed for next year is doing well, I’m literally smiling from ear to ear just to see it now , I will be heading down to the farm soon to prepare the soil, and have a little holiday break also , can’t wait , take care and I will keep the updates coming as much as I can .
Cheers Kev ,Manager of GREEN HILL GARLIC .

10/06/2026

Updated! June update.

ECMWF climate outlook for El Nino looks to peak in January 2027

Now lets get some things straight we will continue to say this...

For Australia...

(1) Not every El Nino is the same a stronger El Nino does not mean the drought will be worse. 1997 and 2015 speaks for themselves.

(2) El Nino impacts in Australia are mostly for eastern and south eastern Australia the second part of the year which we have maintained all year in saying this.

(3) El Nino regardless the strength increases the chances of lower than average rainfall from JULY until at least December.. It doesn't just stop raining! Just increases the chances of below average rainfall especially the areas we mentioned above!

(4) El Nino is just one climate factor.. We are still keeping an eye on the IOD (Indian ocean Dipole) which is generally neutral at the moment and by July we will know what it will do for the rest of the year. 7-8 out of 10 El Nino's a positive IOD develops which is the El Nino of the Indian ocean but as you can see it doesn't happen everytime.

(5) A very warm western Tasman sea which should persist until the end of 2026 may counteract some of the El Nino impacts example eastern Tasmania, east coast of NSW east of the ranges (not inland). East Gippsland in Victoria.

(6) The least important at this moment the SAM (Southern annular mode) That has been generally positive of late and there's no reason we see it going extremely positive or extremely negative over the coming weeks and hopefully months unless we have another SSW event (Sudden Statospheric warming event) which happened in September last year and threw the whole rule book out the window! As we had the strongest Neg IOD on record and a weak La Nina both wet climate indicators but still no match for the SSW which led to spring being very dry for most areas and windy. At the moment we are seeing no signs of this.

(7) Globally this will Disrupt the weather for the next 18 months! Is putting it mildly especially from later this year into 2027.

We hope we have broken this down!

- Admins

31/05/2026

I found this photo in a feed from another group , how true it is ,as a farmer we all need to back each other ,it would be unAustralian if we didn’t , I have a vast network of people that help me , ranging from meteorologists,agronomists, entomologists just to name a few, anybody that follows my page , I will help to the best of my ability and knowledge that I have gained over the years , and the network of professionals I have in place, so what I’m trying to say is what this sign basically says back an Australian farmer or an Australian business , Australia needs it right now , cheers Kev , Manager of GREEN HILL GARLIC