Now the couple are wrapping up their first season selling fruit and running pick your own days at their two acre blueberry farm.

It has been a long and hard journey to set up Thistleberry Blueberry Farm and establish its 4000 blueberry plants, but they have been rewarded with overwhelmingly positive community support in the past few months.

"It has been a massive preparation process. There is a lot of work to get to this point, so it has been exciting now to have people here, enjoying the experience and enjoying the berries," Mr Klumpp said.

"Hopefully it will be bigger and better from here."

Mr Klumpp purchased the property on Williams Lane in 2015 as an avid gardener.

He began investigating crops that would fit well into the landscape and suit the climate and soil, hoping to gain some return from his hobby.

"Blueberries came out at number one," Mr Klumpp said.

"They are beautiful plants, they are easy to pick and you get a decent yield off them for a small footage."

"The soil here is divine," Ms Ridout said.

"It is volcanic brown soil, naturally acidic and fertile."

Mr Klumpp and Ms Ridout have never farmed before and had not imagined trying to make an income from it.

Mr Klumpp said he grew up on a mixed farm in the Wimmera but that was far removed from their goals for the Scotsburn property.

"It has been a real adventure and a whole new field to learn which has been exciting," he said.

"I buried myself in research papers and spoke to people around to figure out how these guys grow and how to get the soil biology right."

"Rob is a massive nerd so he is very good at focusing and studying. He has done a lot of home study," Ms Ridout said.

"It seems to be working so far," Mr Klumpp said.

Mr Klumpp said he spent a few years planning and preparing before planting the berries in 2018.

"Because it is volcanic the soil is full of rock, so we took nearly 100 cubic metres of rock out of the soil," he said.

"We added 400 cubic metres of aged sawdust from a guy's property that we have incorporated into the rows."

"Once the plants get a bit taller they will look more lush. They look small but the amount of yield we have gotten off them and the flavour has been unbelievable," Ms Ridout said.

Mr Klumpp said it was the third summer for the berries now when they had started producing, but they spent the first two years pulling the flowers off to allow the plants to put their energy into the roots.

"We have a fractometer that measures the sugars in the berries," he said.

"Generally the supermarket ones come out six or seven. Ours come out about 16 which is top of the range, excellent quality fruit."

"The community response is what I am going by," Ms Ridout said.

"We have been blown away. Everyone has been so lovely and complementary and people have come back for more and more.

"They like the experience I think with the pick your own. We are trying to make it low key and relaxed for families. We want everyone to feel really relaxed. No pressure, no stress, no crowds."

While Mr Klumpp and Ms Ridout can now celebrate coming to the end of their successful first season on the farm, it has not come without hard work, long hours and dedication.

Both have juggled establishing the farm with their full-time jobs and caring for two children.

"We have very early mornings and work late into the evenings," Ms Ridout said.

"We generally come in from here at about 9.30pm, 10pm at night. Sometimes we will have dinner and come back out."

"It is definitely a challenge but working in an office, this is my escape," Mr Klumpp said.

"I like being outside, I like being physical. It is not like a job in that sense. You are just out enjoying the countryside.

"Hopefully one day I can scale back the full-time job and make this a bit more permanent."

Mr Klumpp said word of mouth and the power of community Facebook groups had helped attract visitors to the farm.

He said he had grand long-term plans for the property to create a visitor experience in the six acres of gardens, with ideas to establish a foraging trail, gardens and picnic area by the creek and dam.

The premise of the property is to be as natural as possible; no spray is used on the berries and they have worked to remove overgrown weeds and plant out native vegetation.

Ms Ridout said they had already seen extensive birdlife return to the dam.

"The long term hope is it is not just somewhere you can go to pick up some fruit it is somewhere you can go to have a nice day out in the countryside and enjoy the landscape this area has to offer," Mr Klumpp said.

"It is incredibly underrated as far as the region's go. We have a lot more than people think."

While this season is coming to an end, Mr Klumpp said he was expecting a 'bumper crop' next year with triple the yield of this season.

"Farming is out of reach for most people. It is expensive and difficult to get into it," he said.

"Blueberries are quite intensive to grow which is why they are difficult to get into but rewarding. They are a lovely plant. They look lovely in the spring and in autumn there is a sea of red, it is gorgeous.

"We are very lucky to end up here and doing what we are doing."'

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