You may have heard on the news about a strawberry recall.
It only effects the ‘Berry Licious’ and ‘Berry Obsession’ brands sold at Woolworths. No need to be concerned about the ‘Bundy Berries’ brand that we are currently supplying.

There has been a lot of news lately about imported honey on supermarket shelves that is not pure honey. Most of it is from China, and it is blended with substitutes such as rice malt that are difficult to detect. Rest assured that the honey we supply is from Pure Peninsula Honey (purepeninsulahoney.com.au) located on the Mornington Peninsula.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is CC66

Have a great week,

Cheers,

Michael

 

Super sweet tasting Bluey’s grape tomatoes are available this week in 200g punnets. I tried them last week, definitely sweeter than the regular cherry tomatoes at the moment. Great as a lunch box snack!

Hope you’ve all been enjoying the Queensland strawberries, record so far is 9 punnets by one customer.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is CC55

Have a great week,

Cheers,

Michael

Wow! What a great response to our strawberry special last week. Growing conditions in Queensland are ideal, they are plentiful which means they are fantastic value. My supplier at the market said,

“Micky, do it again next week!”

So, this coming week, we are repeating last week’s special:

Two punnets for $4, Three punnets for $5.50.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is CC44

Have a great week,

Cheers,

Michael

 

I hope you have been enjoying the strawberries (those of you that have ordered them). They are really plentiful at the moment, and super cheap.

Assuming the weather in Queensland stays favourable, I’m offering two punnets for $4, or 3 punnets for $5.50.

Time to get out the dipping chocolate (or melt some choc chips in a saucepan) and get stuck into some serious strawberry eating.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is CC33

Have a great week,

Cheers,

Michael

 

 

We’ve been stocking the Nature’s Delight range of corn chips (Plain, Tasty Cheese, Zesty Lime & Chilli) for some time now, and they have proven to be very popular. This week we are launching their Salsa range (Mild, Medium and Spicy).

All three variety of corn chips are gluten free.  The plain corn chips have no preservatives, no additives, and no artificial colours and flavours.

The Salsas are gluten free and contain no artificial colours or flavours. Visit the “Pantry“ section of the online store and click on each of the products for a complete list of ingredients.

Hope those that ordered strawberries last week enjoyed them, looks like they will be good again this week (and a bit cheaper).

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is CC99

Have a great week,

Cheers,

Michael

 

Yellow squash is one of those vegetables that we offer every now and then. It’s plentiful at the moment, so time to search “Yellow Squash Recipes”, and take your pick. Bake them, grill them, stuff them, even create a stir fry out of them. If you like zucchinis, you’ll love yellow squash, they’re just a different colour, and a different shape!

Imperial mandarins are getting towards the end of the season, so this coming week we’ll start supplying the Afourer variety. They don’t have any pips, and are still easy to peel. Don’t confuse the Afourer variety with the Murcotts, they are the ones that are full of pips.

The Queensland strawberry season has been a roller coaster this year, available one week, not the next. All due to the cold nights they have been having up there.

Have a great week!

Cheers,

Michael

 

The Aussie garlic proved very popular last week, looks like it may be around for another three weeks. Will let you know when it’s about to finish, so you can stock up on it.

Colder overnight weather up north has reduced the supply of strawberries to the Market, and has pushed up prices. They won’t be available this week, as supply can’t be guaranteed.  Beans, zucchinis, corn and iceberg lettuce are all coming out of Queensland at the moment.

Best of the local Victorian vegetables are: broccoli, broccolini, cauliflower, celery, leeks and cabbage.

Best of the local fruits are: apples, oranges, mandarins and pears.

The passion fruit are grown on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. They are particularly sweet at the moment.

Herbs such as coriander, chives, dill and rosemary are all grown locally, but because of the cold weather, are much smaller than usual. I’m not offering basil at the moment because it’s too cold to grow it locally.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is CC77

Have a great week!

Cheers,

Michael