Remember when I said something rare and vibrant was coming to Down Wattle Lane?
Well... the postie just dropped off the 'treasures' and honestly?
They’re a lot more... hairy... than I expected.
Meet the future of our little farm! These are 🌸 Saffron Crocus Corms… 1,000 of them!
Why Saffron? Well, besides wanting to grow the world's most expensive spice in my backyard, I need a way to keep myself busy.
Being home day in and day out due to my Parkinson's, it can be a bit of a mental grind, so the plan is to keep active and stay mentally challenged with this little project.
I've spent a good few months thinking “what can I do with our beautiful Loburn land” and somewhere along the way Saffron got stuck in my head.
So stuck in my head I've even prepared a full detailed 4 year business plan, because if the Pukeko and Hares don't get to them first, hopefully we can make a dollar or two along the way.
The goal is to become “A Boutique Saffron Farm”, producing Saffron and Saffron associated products.
There's a bit to do, and the 1000 corms are for now, a trial. But if all goes well, and the corms successfully produce flowers this April, we will be looking to increase to 20,000 Saffron corms very quickly.
Right now, they look like tiny, bearded potatoes. But in a few months? They’ll be popping up 'Red Gold.' 🤞
Time to get my hands dirty! 👨🌾💪
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