January 18
PYO Sundrops are still available and should continue through until this coming weekend. 🙂
PYO Roxburgh Red apricots will start up at the end of the week along with PYO Valley Gold apricots.
Valley Gold are a great cooking apricot so are perfect for bottling, stewing and freezing. 🙂
The PYO nectarines should be ready to roll by the weekend.
Billington plums are about a week away.
Moorpark apricots are about 9 days away still (the recent cooler temperatures have slowed them right down).
On the Stall right now we have Sundrop apricots available in 1st grade ($3/kg) and 2nd grade ($2.50/kg). 🙂
All courier orders for Sundrop have now ceased. We are starting to send out Roxburgh Reds and Valley Gold next week so if you’d like some then flick us a message to place your order.
January 15
PYO ‘Sundrop’ apricots are still on the go with another block being opened up tomorrow. 🙂
The trees are laden so there is plenty for everyone. 🙂
PYO ‘Early Wilson’ plums also available. Both $1-90/kg.
For those who don’t want to pick, the Fruit Stall will be well stocked.
1st grade Sundrop apricots at $3/kg and 2nds at $2.50/kg. 🙂
January 13
We have been run off our feet with PYO Sundrops as well as restocking the Fruit Stall on a continual basis throughout the day as obviously PYO doesn’t appeal to everyone. 😉
We have heaps of Sundrops on the trees with more ripening daily so there is plenty for everyone. 🙂
Remember you can PYO or buy off the Stall anytime between 7am and 9pm, 7 days a week. 🙂
Time for me to go and pick a wee bit more fruit. 😉
Jan 9
A busy day with PYO ‘Sundrop’ apricots today. 🙂
The trees are plentiful so don’t worry if you can’t come up until tomorrow or during the week. 🙂
I can hear all the other varieties of apricots ripening as I write.
The Fruit Stall is fully stocked every day so no worries if ‘picking your own’ doesn’t appeal. 🙂
PYO
PYO ‘Sundrop’ apricots begin this weekend!! 🙂
PYO price is still $1.90/kg.
There will be plenty boxed on the Fruit Stall if you aren’t in the mood for picking. 🙂
‘Sundrop’ are great for bottling, freezing, stewing, jam, eating, etc.
Our Sundrops are sold in 6 kg boxes – $18-00 and 4 kg boxes – $12-00.
We have a fantastic crop of them and the rest of the varieties are plentiful as well.
Roxburgh Red apricots are still about ten days away and Moorparks at least two weeks. Others soon after.
Remember we courier Sundrops if you can’t make it up. Our courier rates are very competitive. 🙂
To those of you who have never visited our Fruit Stall, here’s some simple directions on how to find us. 🙂
When you enter Roxburgh, take the first road opposite the Petrol station and cross the Clutha River.
Turn right off bridge ….. we are only 2 kms down road. You can’t miss us. 🙂
Remember we only sell what we grow
Opening hours are from 7am – 9pm
Seven days a week til mid-May 🙂
January 4
A big day on the Fruit Stall!
The ‘Earli Ril’ apricots are very popular for bottling, freezing, stewing and also for sauce and jam. 🙂
Our cherries finished for the season today as we had a huge rush on them this morning and we were completely cleaned out by noon.
If we get the promised heat, PYO Sundrops will start this Saturday.
Will keep you posted. 😉
The Early Wilson plums are not early this season!
For reasons unknown, the little blighters are very slow to ripen this year.
We have a great crop of them so to all you plum lovers, patience please. 😉
On another note, I know the Sundrops are nearly ready because the birds are pecking them at the tops of the trees!!
Lucky for us Big Bertha will now be able to focus her full attention on the protecting our apricot crop. 🙂
January 3 Fruit Update
Today was our first day of apricots and the ‘Earli Ril’ have been flying out the door!
We’ve got a great crop of them this year so there is plenty for everyone.
They are on the Stall in 3kg boxes for $10 and 6kg boxes for $18.
We also have Lapin cherries available in 1kg punnets for $8.
The cherries have just about finished and we expect to be finished them by Wednesday.
We had some rain today which slightly slowed down the ripening process of the ‘Sundrop’ apricots but we are still hoping for a start date of 9 January for PYO.
The PYO nectarines are still a couple of weeks away.
Early Wilson plums are about ten days away.
Will keep you posted.
3 January
‘Earli Ril’ apricots are on the Fruit Stall as from today. 🙂
The heat yesterday brought them on quicker than anticipated 😉
We are selling them in 3kg boxes for $10 and 6kg boxes for $18.
The fruit is at the ideal stage for bottling, freezing, jam, stewing, etc :).
Remember firm apricots are the best for jam making as they guarantee a good set everytime. 🙂
We still have Lapin and Margaret cherries available in 1kg punnets for $8 🙂
‘Sundrop’ apricots should start in a few days with PYO hopefully starting on 9 January.
Will keep you posted.
1 January 2016
This weekend on the Stall we have Lapin and Margaret cherries in 1kg punnets for $8 🙂
No apricots just yet as even though they look nice and orange on the tree they are still a few days away yet.
We could pick them now and they’d look great but they just wouldn’t be edible and we NEVER sell unripe fruit 🙂
PYO apricots are still on track to start on January 9 and we should have some Earli Ril and Sundrop apricots on the Stall around next Wednesday 🙂
Stay tuned for more info 😉
P.S… Here’s me having a late afternoon siesta after a long day of picking cherries, obviously dreaming of the ripening apricots 😉
Happy New Year
A Happy New Year to all our friends/customers 🙂
You are a great bunch and we look forward to seeing you all sometime in the New Year. 🙂
Let’s hope we all have a great 2016. 🙂