News & Updates

Yes, we are delivering right up until Christmas Eve (Thursday 24th December).

Your delivery day that week will be a day earlier than usual. Eg. Usual Friday will be Thursday, Usual Thursday will be a Wednesday etc…

Delivery days as usual this week, new season Australian grown green grapes are available, as are mangoes from Queensland.

We will be taking three weeks off over after Christmas, deliveries will resume the week beginning Monday 18th January 2021.

Have a good week,

Michael

 

Passion fruit is available again this week. Hope those that ordered cherries last week enjoyed them, should have peaches the week after this.

Regarding Christmas deliveries, we will be delivering right up to Christmas Eve (Thursday 24th December).

Just a short update this week,

Cheers,

Michael

 

 

Back from a week off visiting family in NSW.

Hope others have visited, or have plans to visit family in regional Victoria and interstate.

My stone fruit supplier (apricots and nectarines), has just let me know that he’ll have cherries in 500g tubs available this coming week. They’re grown in the Shepparton area, which is where I’m getting the other stone fruit at the moment.

Probably the last week for Royal Gala apples, so after this week, there will only be Pink Lady and Granny Smith available. Both are going to get more and more expensive, as it’s getting towards the end of the season, and there is limited supply.

Hope to have lemons by the end of the week!

Cheers,

Michael

I promised my wife Jennifer that as soon as the NSW border opens we will visit her dad in Corowa.

So, deliveries as usual this coming week, but none the following week as we will be away.

Apricots from Shepparton started late last week, nectarines (both yellow and white) also started and tasted pretty good for so early in the season.

Local winter citrus is finishing up, no lemons this coming week (very difficult to source), mandarins have finished, as have locally grown ruby grapefruit.

Good quality red capsicum are also hard to source, so this coming week there will only be green ones available.

Have a good week,

Cheers,

Michael

 

Yellow & White Nectarines will be available this week, peaches are probably a week or two away.

There is a bit of an issue with the supply of lemons. I should have them this week, but they are costing well over $100 a box, so if you have any in your backyard, hang onto them.

I’ve also heard that apples are going to be in short supply, leading up to Christmas. Obviously best to stick with the seasonal fruits such as peaches, nectarines, and apricots (when they become available).

No local grapes yet, all grapes that you might see in the stores, are imported from the U.S.

Have a good week!

Cheers,

Michael

 

 

 

Pre-cooked baby love beets are available again this week. They are a great addition to a salad, or eaten on their own.

Leeks are also available, they have been in short supply the last couple of weeks, but are readily available again.

This coming week, deliveries as usual.

The following week contains the Melbourne Cup which is a Public Holiday on the Tuesday (which is normally one of my three Market Days).

We will deliver to regular Tuesday customers on Monday 2nd November. Regular Wednesday customers will remain on the Wednesday.

Hope that is clear, have a good week.

Cheers,

Michael

P.S. Nearly forgot to mention that Milk Choc Coated Honeycomb is now available to add to our other new “lolly shop” items: Milk Choc Coated Almonds; Rocky Road; Choc Fudge Brownies & that old favourite Choc Coated Liquorice.

This week’s email will be very short and sweet.

Mangoes are not far away, the first of the Northern Territory Kensington Pride variety started coming into the market last week. Prices are still high, so I predict we will start to offer them the following week.

The local strawberry season started two weeks ago, so this week’s batch should be better and sweeter than the previous week’s ones.

Deliveries as usual on Friday (even though it is a public holiday).

If you like Rocky Road, we will have it this coming week in our “Lolly Shop”.

Have a good week,

Cheers,

Michael

Valencia oranges started arriving in the Market late last week, the Australian Navel orange season has now finished.

Mandarins probably only have a week or so to go.

Limes have started dropping in price, so they too are available again.

Cantaloupes will also be available this coming week.

I saw a few nectarines in the Market last week, supply is still very patchy, so probably won’t start offering them for another two to three weeks.

Have a good week,

Cheers,

Michael

 

 

Hello everyone,

Deliveries as usual this coming week!

Was nice to have a quiet one last week, batteries are re-charged, and we’re ready to go again.

Looks like there may be a gap in the orange season between the Navel variety (which is just finishing), and the Valencia variety which hasn’t quite started.

So, probably no oranges this week, unless I can find some at the market on Monday.

Strawberries and blueberries are still available, early season stone fruit is probably only three or four weeks away.

New product this week is Milk Choc Coated Roast Almonds 250g.

Cheers,

Michael

 

 

 

 

Locally grown asparagus are just starting, they will definitely drop in price once the weather heats up a bit more.

Medjool dates in 250g are available again; the strawberry and blueberry show continues to roll on, strawberries from Queensland, blueberries from Northern NSW.

Mushrooms are still in short supply, that’s why I have reduced the portion size to 200g rather than 250g.

The 200g punnets are a bigger mushroom, and seem to be easier to source at the moment.

We are not taking any time off over the school holidays, it will be deliveries as usual.

Take care,

Michael