Minituber production:This is the canopy above the light-proof box, taken at the same time as the previous photo. The whole operation is conduction in greenhouses in a sterile environment. The plants grow only to about 40cm tall and are continually monitored with sensors that control warm and light. The process of growing minitubers happens every year as seed is required to be generated from the original tissue held in a secure tissue bank.

Eddie Galea ensuring the best quality produce by applying the correct amount of water and moving his irrigation pipe on to the next block.

Getting ready to start packing. Moving the fruit from the dip tank to the grader. Stone fruit float to conveyor then roll over a weight grading system to be packed.

The next crop of cucumbers growing beautifully in the green house.

Fruit is picked early in morning and packed in the afternoon to avoid the heat. It is generally transported that night for sale at Flemington Market.

Jaqueline minitubers.Each plantlet is placed on a mat inside a light-proof box and kept moist. As the plant grows, tubers form on the many stems that grow from above the plantlets base.

Field grown poppies on the farm looking a picture.

Peter Sproule from HC Sproule & Son is a third generation flower grower who is keeping his fingers crossed that there will a fourth & better still the fifth generation of Sproule farmers when he watches his grandchildren trying to help on the farm and at the market.