Immediately following construction, the swales were seeded with legumes which have provided ground cover and added nitrogen to the soil. These are used as green mulch around the fruit trees in the two organic orchards. The duck yards and ponds were located on higher ground above the vegetable gardens and orchards. The liquid duck manure is used for watering and fertilising using gravitational flow. Four chicken tractors are in place and two are currently planted out with vegetables.
Companion planting is used to minimise problems with pests.
A greenhouse is used to propagate plants during the colder months. The plant nursery is located adjacent to the greenhouse and used to grow trees which are later planted into the paddocks as windbreaks. Weeds which need to be removed from the pots or in the vegetable gardens are placed into large barrels and allowed to decompose to produce liquid manure. Aquaculture Future plans are to introduce several aquaculture enterprises once the newly built dams establish their own ecosystems. To encourage frogs and other organisms, several bales of hay were placed into each dam and the results have been spectacular.