What produce is grown at Burnside Organic Farm?
The McCall family grow or produce avocados, grapes, honey and capers. All these products are available in season exclusively for guests staying in the farm bungalows. Avocado picking season is October – December. During this time we have a stall at the Margaret River Farmers’ Market, where there quality avocados, honey, capers and wine are available for purchase. The grapes are made naturally into wine in our onsite winery, using traditional and low intervention methods, letting the wine express the terroir. Guests who stay in the self-contained bungalows can pick from our family vegetable garden. Lara and Jamie are always happy to show bungalow guests what is season and give advice on how to pick and cook.
Farm Stay Experience
When you stay at Burnside you can experience;
- Farm walks.
- Farm animals including pigs, cows, geese and chickens.
- Helping feed the animal animals each morning.
- Meet Hunter our border collie dog.
- Vegetable gardens.
- See the quarter acre of commercial certified biodynamic market garden.
- See fruit trees including the avocado grove.
- Bee hives and honey.
- Organic vineyard.
- Tour the winery and learn how organic wine is made.
- See kangaroos and native birds.
- Purchase organic wine, honey and capers.
- Visit our stall @margaretriverfarmersmarket Saturdays, October-December.
What are we picking now? November
It is still very cool and wet. We can start seeding summer vegetables as the soil gets warmer. In the garden we are picking; lettuce, kale, collard, silverbeet, chives, garlic chives, dill, rosemary, parsley and lemon.
Fruit – avocado picking season started in October and is now well underway. We are currently picking weekly for our customers and to sell at the Margaret River Farmers’ Market. We grade and sort on site, and picking should continue through until late December.
Inspired by early Margaret River Zinfandel pioneer David Hohnen Jamie & Lara chose the variety Zinfandel because of its’ luscious berry fruit characters. Zinfandel is widely planted in California and has been traced back to Puglia in Italy where it is known as Primitivo.
Soil sampling on the property revealed a patch of deep red gravelly loam with a north facing aspect, approximately an acre in size, an ideal site for grapes.
With three small boys and new plantings of avocados and olives to look after, the vineyard establishment was somehow achieved in a happy blur. Jamie and Lara’s three boys spent many days sleeping in their prams, or playing in the dirt while the vineyard was planted and tended. Being unirrigated, and organic from the start, meant many replants. The boys were invaluable helping as they got older. Now young men they are expert grape pickers, pruners and helpers in every aspect of the farm.
In 2011, keeping with the Italian theme, Lara & Jamie planted a white grape variety called Vermentino. It is grown in Sardinia, Italy and in France is known as Rolle. A small amount is planted in Australia. The wine is pale in colour, medium bodied and the palate is full of sumptious zesty lemon, stone fruit, pear and earthy minerality. It is an excellent food wine.
Burnside Organic Farm is centrally located, between Margaret River town and the beach.
The Margaret River Wine region extends from Busselton in the north to Augusta in the south and contains many wineries, breweries, restaurants, beaches, bushwalks, cycle trails and other attractions. Burnside Organic Farm is an ideal location to base your holiday, just a 10 minute drive from Margaret River town and 30 minutes from Busselton.
The principal agricultural industries are dairy, beef and viticulture. The area is famous for surfing and there are many beautiful beaches to explore. The climate is mediterranean with cool wet winters and warm dry summers.
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