Fruit Season
P.Y.O Roxburgh Red and Nectarines Start On Saturday!
We will be starting our P.Y.O Nectarines and P.Y.O Roxburgh Red Apricots this Saturday ( 21 January )
The price is $1.90/kg.
P.Y.O Sundrops Start On Saturday
Just a quick note to let you all know that we will be commencing P.Y.O on the Sundrop Apricots from tomorrow on.
The price is same as last year, $1.90/kg.
We also have a range of bottling boxes of Sundrop available on the Fruit Stall.
1st Grade are $3/kg and 2nd Grade are $2.50/kg.
We Are Open!
We are now Open for the 2011/2012 season!!!!
We currently have available:
Dawson Cherries, 1kg bags for $8
New Spuds, 3kg for $5
Broad Beans, 1kg for $4
Important Notice
Due to family illness we are unable to courier fruit this season as we are one man down.
We apologise profusely and next season we will be running once again at full capacity.
We will be providing as usual a well-stocked stall and PYO on Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines as they come on.
Cherry Update
The Cherry crop is a bit light this year so we will be unable to courier them this season.
Sorry about this.
We are hoping to start picking them around 24 December.
As soon as the Dawson Cherries ripen, we will be opening the Fruit Stall and we will have new spuds, broad beans and peas on the go as well as Cherries.
We are in the middle of a heat wave at the moment!
We’ve had 33 degree temperatures for the past three days and I’ve been run off my feet moving irrigation pipes around the Orchard!
An Update From Ruby
It’s time to get out the jars and give them a good a wash as it is nearly Apricot time!
The estimated time of picking the first varieties, which are Sundrop and Early Rill, should be 8-10 January.
Will keep you updated.
Blowing A Gale!
Gusty winds came in today.
So much for my plan of burning the final stack of prunings for the year!
Oh well, hopefully the winds will disappear later on this week so I can get it done.
A couple of years back I had a massive stack of prunings that I missed out on burning by one day when a total fire ban came into force!!
I’m sure every rabbit within a 2km radius took up residence in that stack that summer!!
At the moment the fruit crop looks great and should be on normal time.
But there are many variables in the fruit growing business so it’s still early days and anything can happen.
We Are Closed
We are closed for the Season.
Thanks to all of our customers for another wonderful Fruit Season.
We look forward to seeing you all again next year!
In the mean time check out our latest photo gallerys.
Summer 2010/2011
Autumn 2011
Also remember to stay tuned for future updates by checking out the blog and if you just want to see how life is going on the Orchard, feel free to give us a call on 03 446 8585 or email us at sandralex@xtra.co.nz
Cheers
The Hobbs Tribe
Sandra, Alex, Sam & Ruby
Winter is On the Way!!!
It is definitely safe to say that winter is on its way!!!
When we got up this morning at 5:00am the temperature outside was 2c!!!!!
Just a little bit chilly!!!
Still perfect conditions for fruit packing(not!!).
In other news, we have finished our Coxes Orange Apples but we still have Royal Gala and Golden Delicious available on the Stall, 5kg bag for $5 or 10kg for $10.
Within the next week or so we should have Red Delicious available.
By the way, you may notice now that because the Fruit Season has slowed down I haven’t been updating the blog as much.
From now on and throughout the rest of the year you can expect a post every few days (at the very least once a week).
Believe me, if anything interesting happens here on Hobbs Orchard, you guys will hear about it!!! 😉
Cold
Yep it is definitely Autumn!
The days are cooler, the nights are cooler and the days are getting shorter than a Pygmy with a hunched back.
Thankfully there is a wonderful invention commonly referred to as a fireplace.
These are marvellous things which allow you to light a fire inside the house thus warming it up!!!
Brilliant! 😉
In other news:
We have Royal Gala Apples and Coxes Orange Apples available for $5 for 5kg or $10 for 10kg.
We hope to have Golden Delicious sometime in the next week or so.
Apples
We are well into the swing of things with our Royal Gala Apples.
We sell them in 5kg bags for $5 or 10kg bags for $10.
The Royal Gala are our most popular eating Apple due to their sweet flavour and crispness.
They are great for school lunches and are also good keepers.
We also started our Coxes Orange Apples last week.
At this stage they still have a tarty taste but they will definately sweeten as time goes on.
They are being sold in 5kg bags for $5 or 10kg for $10.
The Coxes Orange are also very popular amongst our customers.
They have a crisp texture with a very distinctive flavour that is balanced between sweet and acidic/tarty.
Their sharp taste (early in the season) appeals to many although some prefer to wait until the sharpness is counterbalanced by sweetness.