Transition Farm produces and sells high quality, 100% certified organic and Demeter biodynamic seeds, carefully bred to perform in low-input systems. Our breeding focuses on key traits - vigour, flavour, yield, beauty, disease resistance, and adaptability to local conditions. With strong genetics and natural resilience, our organically grown seeds are built to thrive in organic gardens and farms.
We are dedicated to the Australian Demeter Bio-dynamic method of farming - nurturing whole farm ecosystems and building and maintaining healthy soil. We believe plants grown in living soil, who's growth is guided by sunlight produce seeds capable of forming robust root systems. Resilience- to pests and disease, to less then ideal growing conditions, to climate stress - is a generational story held in a seed.
We are passionate about supporting and being part of a hearty network of growers developing and maintaining living soils, contributing to healthy communities and ensuring food sovereignty. Transition Farm seed is used by commercial growers and nurseries Australia wide.
Butter lettuces are truly the Belle’s of the Spring ball. After a Winter of eating hardy cos type lettuces, the delicate nature of the butter lettuces is so welcome. The soft sometimes suede like texture and buttery flavour is delightful eaten raw, with a bit of salt, or topped with freshly shelled peas, radish and a simple vinegarette.
Here is what we are sowing and transplanting now that our days have over 10 hours of sunlight. We rely on cold thriving quick maturing vegetables to get us through the gap between Winter and Spring “side dish” crops.
And there are many flowers which are cold hardy and thrive in the cool Spring weather. These can be sown/transplanted now to produce great early blooms.
Transition Farm
Est. 2011
Transition Farm is a family owned and operated farm and seed company set up and run by us - Peter Carlyon and Robin Koster-Carlyon.
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“We have had fabulous success with Transition Farm’s vegetable, herb and flower seed. All varieties have been carefully trialled by Robin and Peter for suitability in our SE Australian climate and for superior growth and flavour. Their seed is 100% certified organic and biodynamically grown, harvested, dried and packed on Transition Farm. I can highly recommend their seed and respect their commitment to looking after their farm and the broader environment in the sustainable manner that they do.”
Fiona Brockhoff, Landscape Designer
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"We've never seen such happy seedlings as those we've raised using your seed - they display extreme vigour and keep on going when transplanted out - zero transplant shock being the most striking feature."
Oliver Shorthouse, Market Grower to Australia’s Best Restaurants
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We acknowledge the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation and their deep knowledge of and connection to the unceded coastal region of the now called Mornington Peninsula where we farm. We respect and feel great gratitude for the land, water and culture they steward - past and present.
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Here are the crops we are sowing in September. This is a very busy month in our glasshouse and our fields as we watch seeds transform into roots and shoots and incorporate our green manure crops, apply prepared biodynamic 500 to encourage the dynamic humus building and transplant crops!