Organically grown produce in the Western Bay of Plenty
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The cold weather in October didn’t seem to slow the bees down too much. On the calm sunny days the extra daylight has meant the hives have grown and grown. They have found all the flowering Rewarewa out back as well as our blueberry out front. Happy days!
We took some of the early raspberries to test and they’re so vibrant in colour and flavour, such a tough plant that produces so delicate fruit.
These are in punnets of 250 grammes at the roadside. Head up the drive to the caravan and say hi for any larger volumes. We have them kept cool and ready to go with 500 gramme biodegradable containers too. If you want more bring your own reusable container and we’ll happily fill them up!
