New photos from the Rosnay cottage

One of our recent guests, Frederique, emailed us these great photos she took whilst staying at the cottage last month. It was a glorious autumn, a lovely time to visit.

Figs are in season!

Here at Rosnay we have 12 different varieties of figs, and now in early March 2011 they are well and truly in season. We have a total of about 120 trees which began bearing ripe figs about 3 weeks ago and which probably have another 3 weeks to go.

Growing figs is easy enough in this climate. We chose to grow them as a drought proof, low maintenance and value-addable crop to accompany our wine and olive products. In winter 2003 we took cuttings from dormant trees (in fact, they were quite sick trees growing in the wrong climate at the Gosford Agricultural Research Station), wrapped them in wet newspaper and stored them in the back laundry, then planted three cuttings of each variety directly into the ground  the following spring. We planted them on a 3.5m x 8m spacing (too close together in the row), with a single drip irrigation tube, and some green waste mulch.

Take a "Tasty Tour"

Forget quaffing wine in the cellar door... Get your hands dirty with a one hour tour of the Rosnay organic olives and vines, smelling the forest floor aroma of an organically and biodynamically managed soil.

Rather than pretend that our cellar door is open 24/7, we prefer to plan, take bookings, and deliver you a unique and informative experience of what we beleive can change the way we grow our food.

For the flat rate of $60, we will show any number of people the way we grow our wines and olives, plus taste three current vintage wines, which are yours to keep for dinner.

Contact us today to book your 'Taste and Tour'.

Rosnay Cottage - Accomodation now available

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