186 Ingoldsby Road, Upper Tenthill QLD, Australia
Enquiries phone Roy on 0419 798 060.
Our Large Fully Enclosed Hayshed
Our lockable, fully enclosed hayshed measures 42m x 20m and protects our hay from all types of weather (even during our recent visit from Tropical Cylcone Alfred!!). 🌀
Being as environmentally friendly as possible we have LED lighting inside, and 86 solar panels on the roof to offset our power costs on the farm. The whole property runs on solar. 😎
We keep the doors closed the majority of the time, to preserve the colour and quality of the hay for you. 🐄 🐴 🌿
Parking and Loading made easy!
We have a large parking/loading area, with gravel under the grass, so all you have to do is drive down the driveway and park out from the shed. No need to back in, we will bring the bales out by forklift or tractor with loader.
If you're not madly in love with backing your float or trailer don't worry, we have heaps of room to do a big circle as you leave. No stress!! We've even loaded Semi-trailers here.
Bad Weather?? No Problem!!! If you have a fully enclosed horse float you can still pick up your hay, just drive in one door and out the other.
Fertile Soil and Top Quality Water
The Lockyer Valley is in the Top Ten Most Fertile Farming Areas in the World and our Tenthill Valley has some of the best soil around.
Our crystal clear water originates in the Main Range National Park. It runs into Tenthill Creek and feeds the underground aquifer for our bores. We are lucky to have this gorgeous creek running along our western boundary. 😍
We are truly blessed by Mother Nature. We do our best to work hand in hand with nature to produce nutritious hay to keep your animals happy and healthy.
Our Organic Practices
Our farm has been certified organic for over 25 years. It's more than just NOT using chemicals. It's very much about soil biology and biodiversity in general.
We work in harmony with nature which also means lots of chipping and hand weeding etc!! You will often find us "head down, bum up" in the lucerne paddocks removing any unwanted weeds or grasses. 🌱 We add good microbes to boost soil health and ensure healthy plants. Pests are controlled by 'not killing off the good guys' - the predatory insects and birds, and if the 'baddies' get a bit too hungry we have naturally derived products we can use to just get things back in balance. After all, Life is All About Balance!! 👍😁🍀
Being Certified Organic means that our practices are audited at least once a year. We can also have an "unannounced audit" from time to time. We have to keep very detailed records of absolutely everything we do. Each time we bale a paddock a Batch Number will be given to that lot. At audit time our auditor will check a random invoice and, via the batch number on the invoice, we need to be able to tell them EVERYTHING that has gone on in this paddock. This includes any organically allowed natural inputs that we might need to use (luckily we use very few!). We record the rate, where we purchased the product, it's batch number, DOM, and who it was applied by and how, even noting the time and wind speed & direction!!. We also record the day and time of when lucerne was mowed, raked, baled and how many bales came off the paddock .... PLUS much, much more!! That's why you will see a batch number on your invoice! Traceabiltiy is important. These third party inspections are your guarantee that we are the real deal 😁😇
Many of our customers have commented that their animals have really enjoyed our hay, to quote "sucking up every last leaf", which is lovely to hear. If you are looking for hay for your much loved livestock, feel free to give us a call or message and arrange a visit to inspect our hay, totally obligation free.
We love the organic lifestyle and growing organic hay for you. It makes it harder for us and costs us more to grow, there's no doubt about that, but we are proud to sell you our organic hay. 🌿
It takes a lot of hard work, dedication and at times a good sense of humour! 😝 😂
OUR MOWING AND BALING
The lucerne MOWING is currently carried out by our local contractor using a new Mower Conditioner, ensuring that the hay dries evenly and in the shortest possible time, maintaining it's colour and quality. Using our own tractor and rake for the first raking and daily turnings, we try to do so at the optimum time each day to make the nicest possible hay for your livestock. 🍀
Our round BALING is also done by our contractor, who has decades of experience and is extremely knowledgeable on all aspects of hay making. He has a display in the tractor cab which, among many things, gives a constant read-out of the moisture content of each bale and it's middle and outer density.
This baler can also apply a naturally occuring 'good' bacteria to ensure the hay stores well. We use own baler for the small squares, which when done in conjunction with the round baling, means the moisture levels of the hay at the time are known. We bale a mix of 4x3 rounds and small squares each time, to fulfil pre-orders from our regulars. 🌿
We get your bales into STORAGE as quickly as possible. As soon as the baling is finished and before the dew begins to settle, we start loading the trailers. We want to get the bales into the shed and away from any morning dews or random showers during the night. In storage we also use a moisture probe to make sure it's all storing well. ☘️