by admin | Jan 29, 2021 | CSA (Metro)
Gday all, As promised, this week brings a medley of plums but don’t underestimate the humble plum (or ‘plumbles’ as I like to call them). Each plum brings a new flavour/texture combo that suits the varied palettes of our CSA community. The Angelina...
by admin | Jan 22, 2021 | CSA (Metro), CSA (Regional), Tellurian Fruit Gardens
As some of you may have heard from Grow Great Fruit (who established and maintained the orchard prior to me) I have chosen not to renew my lease at the end of this financial year. What that means is that the orchard, all it’s associated infrastructure and...
by admin | Jan 22, 2021 | CSA (Metro)
Gday all, This box represents the close of apricot season for another year. Since some of the later nectarine and peach varieties were heavily affected by leaf curl your boxes may start to get a little plum heavy. We’ve had an excellent crop of Mariposa blood...
by admin | Jan 8, 2021 | CSA (Metro)
Gday everyone, I think I say this quite a lot this time of year but it’s been a big week! Sam and I managed a few days off over Christmas/NYE which meant picking up the slack this week. It’s a strange year with most varieties ripening early and some...
by admin | Dec 22, 2020 | CSA (Metro)
Gday everyone, After a mammoth effort by a whole bunch of people, we managed to get ALL of the cherries off the trees before the rain hit on Monday afternoon. We had three generations of orchardists picking together plus a handful of enthusastic CSA members,...
by admin | Dec 20, 2020 | CSA (Metro), CSA (Regional)
Gday CSA members, I have several varieties of cherry that are all ripe and ready to harvest at the same time (now!). If I’m going to get them off the trees in time and into your boxes then I’m going to need some assistance. So, I thought this would be a...
