We have exciting news – Newsletter October 2026
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Lara’s Garlic Paste
I love to keep making and sharing this amazing recipe and hope you will too. It’s Winter but just in case you still have some garlic that is starting to sprout you could use up this way to preserve. Or bookmark for your new season garlic in Summer. The olive oil, lemon juice and salt
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Polish Naturally Fermented Cucumbers
Recipe My Polish Grandmother Anna gave me the gift of growing and fermenting. In Poland, she lived on a small farm. These recipes were essential summer traditions to help preserve the harvest without refrigeration. When she migrated to Australia she kept up this tradition her entire life. I now keep up the tradition and love
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Romantic Getaway as recommended by margaretriver.com
Two bedroom limestone bungalow – Photo by Russell Ord Picture soaking in a deep stone bathtub with rustic copper and brass tap ware on a wooden deck, limestone wall behind you, after a day spent learning and interacting on an organic farm. With a Biodynamic vineyard, Permaculture market garden, avocado orchard, caper plantation, bee hives,
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When One Door Closes, Another Door Opens
The big news on the farm is that we have removed all our avocado trees. We realised last January that there wasn’t going to be enough water to get us through the Summer. Avocados are very water intensive, needing up to 100 litres per day each. West Australia has had massive new plantings of avocados
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You are invited this Friday
Customers and guests keep asking if they can please visit Burnside Organic Farm to purchase wine, capers, honey and avocados direct. We are pleased to be opening every FRIDAY 11 -4. Through out summer. Taste our latest vintages of Zinfandel, Rosato and Vermentino. Stock up for an Organic Christmas. We look forward to meeting you
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Retro wine making
Vintage is a busy time of year. Ripening rapes in the vineyard are assessed continuously for sugar levels and acidity. When they are ready bunches are picked, with a team of neighbours and friends, and moved to the winery. The winemaking starts. Our zinfandel grapes are crushed and de-stemmed into fermenters where indigenous yeasts begin
First Vintage Sparkling Vermentino
August 2016 – Preservative Free Sparkling Vermentino Naturally sparkling wines have been made for centuries, and now at Burnside we have made our first Pet Nat Vermentino. No yeast, no sulphur. Just 100% certified organic grapes. Handpicked and made on site. The grapes never leave the farm. The wine expressing true terroir. Naturally lightly sparkling
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Farm Video #MargiesMoment
This “extraordinary margies moment” celebrates the Margaret River Pro Surf competition and authentic local experiences. Great day showing pro surfer Cj Hobgood and his wife Cortney around our farm. We started the day with a stand up paddle down the Margaret River and then toured the farm with a barrel tasting and farm produce
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Delicious produce award medalist 2015
We are pleased to announce that our certified organic hand picked capers were announced a “Medallist” at the delicious Produce Awards 2015 recently in Sydney. One of six finalists, in the “from the earth” category. The capers are a labour of love taking hours of hand picking each week throughout summer. The buttery
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