Fruit Update – Saturday 25th January

A gorgeous warm morning – looks like another fine day. There is talk of a few brief showers in the morning but Sam assures me this will not eventuate according to his weather app

A very busy PYO moorparks yesterday – still plenty on the trees.

PYO Stevens Favourite apricots are another old variety and is very popular.

Still an average amount of PYO Rox Red available.

Billington and Shiro plums are on the Fruit Stall.

Billingtons are great for jam, sauce, bottling whole and of course are an eating plum as well.

Shiro plums are an all rounder – cooking and eating.

Plenty of boxed apricots on the Stall.

Sandra (Mum) is flat out packing as I write.

There will be enough to restock the Stall continually during the day so you won’t miss out.

Contact me on 027 288 6090 for all enquiries.

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7am – 9pm

PYO Moorpark apricots will start this Friday 24th January.

PYO Stevens Favourite apricots will commence this Thursday 23rd January.

PYO Roxburgh Red are still all go and there is still some PYO Sundrop apricots left.

PYO Nectarines have finished for now. The PYO Nectarines Variety will be in about 8 days time.

Will keep you posted.

Remember for PYO bring your own supermarket bags, boxes, washing baskets, etc.

Shiro plums will be on the Fruit Stall on Thursday .

Billington plums are still to ripen.

Contact me on 027 288 6090 for all queries.

PYO Update

Just a reminder to those who want to PYO please bring your own containers

For those wanting a large amount for bottling or freezing, laundry baskets – supermarket bags – crates – buckets – cardboard boxes, etc are ideal.

And for those wanting just a few apricots, a supermarket bag is ideal.

Picking is ladder work.

For safety reasons obviously children are not allowed on the ladders. Children are always happy to watch as long as you give them plenty of apricots to eat…a wonderful bribe to keep the peace…

Sundrops are still plentiful, and Roxburgh Red only started yesterday so they are plentiful as well.

Clutha Gold and Peeka will be on the Stall next week…will keep you posted.

Steven’s Favourite will be on the Fruit Stall by end of next week

Moorpark apricots are in about 8-10 days and will be PYO…will keep you posted.

If you don’t preserve apricots by way of bottling all is not lost as freezing is so easy.

Just halve and put in a freezer bag and then straight into the freezer.

Cook from frozen and they taste like they are just off the tree.

PYO Nectarines start this Saturday They are very popular, and it will be all over within a few short days. Then the next variety starts roughly in approx. 2 weeks.

We do not sell PYO nectarines to Fruit Hawkers – they are for families who are bottling, freezing and eating only.

There will not be any on the Fruit Stall.

Plums will be ripe within days and will be on the Stall in a few days time.

Thank goodness the Sun finally found us!

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7am – 9pm

Pyo Sundrop apricots are in full swing 
Just a reminder to everyone who is intending to pyo to bring your own supermarket bags, buckets, washing baskets etc 
We do have some shopping bags for those who forget. 
Please come up to the fruit stall to report in before entering the Orchrd to PYO
Another gorgeous day up here  We have plenty of boxed apricots on the stall for those who dont want to PYO. 

Call me – Ruby – on 027 288 6090 for all queries 

PYO Update

Sam has just informed me that PYO Sundrop apricots will start this Saturday 4th January, as the intense heat over the past two days has ripened the fruit evenly enough to start up

As usual there will be plenty of large boxes of Sundrops on the Fruit Stall for those who don’t want to PYO but still want bulk apricots for bottling/freezing.

There is no urgency to get up here right now as PYO Sundrops will last a while and there is more varieties coming on.

We had rain all night and it is still gently falling thankfully Sam and crew picked plenty yesterday so Sandra (Mum) and I are packing Sundrops as I write

So we will have plenty of large and small boxes and bags on the Fruit Stall as usual.

Another few days wait for the next variety of plums as they are not quite ripe yet.

Freshly dug spuds available still

Contact me, Ruby on 027 288 6090 for all queries.

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