Its heart beating to the very last pulse, the garden guards eighteen years of experimentation and experience. We nourish the soil, and the soil in turn nourishes the plants that carry their vitality to you. Any other path does harm to your health.

The terraces behind the kitchen.

Permaculture terraces beneath the macadamia treesA basket of freshly harvested vegetables from the gardenArtichokes growing in the terraced gardenRows of chard growing in the gardenKale growing in the terraced bedsRows of vegetables in the terraced gardenA trellis on one of the garden terracesPea vines growing in the gardenA stone-walled herb bed in the gardenFlowering terraces in the garden

The same principles behind the macadamia trees.

These terraces run on the same zero-input philosophy as the rest of the farm — no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, just compost, our own fermented plant feeds, and eighteen years of working with the mountain instead of against it.

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