3 Rivers is set in 6.5 acres of land, so there
is enough space to grow plenty of food. In keeping with our environmental
policies, all of our young gardens are organic, benefitting
regularly from a rotating four compost bin system. We have planted
well over a hundred trees, mostly fruit bearing, and have little
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Each cottage
is set in its own large, organic garden, and we have attempted
to plant a wide variety of fruits, vegetable and flowers in each
one. The trees are still young, but as they grow each cottage
will become more secluded. The larger they grow, and as the fruit
trees have begun to bear first fruits, the more birds we are seeing
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We have planted a huge variety of trees, plants
and flowers, and so if you wish to see how different things are
grown and what the plants or trees look like 3 Rivers is a good
place to learn and enjoy. Our trees are young, and growing fast,
and our veggie beds are flourishing.
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At 6 p.m. daily we invite guests to join us on slug patrol!!
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We use our compost to provide nourishment for
our gardens, and various froms of organic pest control, using
some of our crops to deter the pests, such as papaya to attract
thje slugs away from the greens, and seasoning pepper and garlic
spray to deter other bugs.
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Most of the vegetables we eat are grown on our
land, and as time goes on, we hope to be completely self-sufficient
with regards to fruit and vegetables. There are also a large number
of vines all around, from Kiwi fruit and passion fruit, to cucumber
and christophine. Our aim is not only to supply us and our guests
with as much natural food as we can, but also to show our visitors
the variety of foods available locally, and how they grow. To
this end, we are in the process of labelling our crops.
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Our biggest problem in the garden is preventing our
free range chickens from laying their eggs in the veggie beds. Any guest
who can catch a chicken and put it in our chicken house, earns a free
drink in the bar.
Dead chickens do not earn rewards!
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