We had a great harvest this season with all that sunshine. Thanks to all our customers and the great feedback we’ve had. See you again at the end of 2024.
Our favourite berries have started
The Summer Blue variety have just started to ripen and they are by far the most flavourful. They stand out against the others and we always look forward to these plants being ready to harvest.
We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
Everything on the farm is a month late
It looks like we won’t have any berries before 2024 arrives. The combination of the late frost and the fact all our fruiting plants are well behind this year means we won’t be able to supply blueberries for those Christmas and New Year’s parties this year.
We have heaps of berries on the plants that will come right next year so don’t panic about getting your fix. Our berries are always given the maximum sunshine we can before picking, that’s where all the sweet flavour comes from, those last 7 days on the bush.
Have a great holiday and we hope to see you in the New Year.
Frost got our early fruiters
It looks like our early fruiting Summer Blues got caught out by the late frost so we won’t have as much before Christmas as compared to other years.
The good news is that all the plants that start a bit later are looking loaded with flowers. So it may be a slow start to our harvest in December but we should have heaps in the New Year.
More updates will follow as we get closer to the Summer break. All our stone fruit trees are having a slightly late but strong blossom so not all bad news.
A big thank you to all our customers this season
That’s us finished for this season folks. It’s been a pretty tough run for anyone in horticulture or agriculture but we’re always looking ahead positively to what might transpire at the end of the year.
We will likely have berries again mid-December but we’ll give you updates as the weather plays its part. Cheers and stay safe all.
First night up at the cabin
We’ve been making steady progress so there’s now off-grid lights and water. To celebrate we spent a night up there with the kids and had a fire using an old firebox and chimney we rescued from an old chiminea, worked a treat. Marshmallow testing was completed successfully I’m happy to report.
We are on track to be able to make this available in the Spring.
All the native trees we’ve been planting up there are doing well, there’s only one fatality out of 40 so far, looked like rabbit or hare damage.
Sun means more berries
We have lost a lot to the rain this year but we’re thankful for what we can harvest when the sun shines for us.
There’s more fruit for sale again and more to come throughout February and March.
Next berries need a week of sunshine, ready early February hopefully
Our next varieties have been waiting patiently for this terrible weather to pass. Once they get a week of sunshine they will be ready and we will start loading up the roadside stall again. Remember, we’ll post a message and put the flag out too when we’re back in action. Hoping to be ready the second week of February looking at the long range forecast from MetService.
So many blueberries right now
Our Summer Blues are in full flow with beautiful big berries. The next varieties won’t come right until late January so there will be a gap in availability from the second week in January.
Blueberries for sale from 19 December
It looks like we’re getting enough sun now so we’ll put the first pick out tomorrow (Monday 19th). Another day or two of sun and we’ll be able to put berries out on the roadside stall on days we get dry spells.
