Hobbs Family
19 May
Ruby has been busy the past couple of days digging the last of our spuds to keep us fed over winter 🙂
She may be tiny but boy can she dig. 🙂
April 18
Quinces have finished for the Season.
We still have heaps of Red Delicious apples and Braeburn apples on the Stall. 🙂
10kg bags for $12 and 5kg bags for $6.
On another note here’s some autumn shots. 😉
April 15
In between picking apples today Ruby and our family friend Naomi spent some time collecting pine cones from under the Douglas Fir trees. ☺ Gotta have a good supply of them for lighting the fires in winter. It’s not far away!! ?
7 April
Quinces will be on the Stall from Saturday. 🙂
A good amount of pre-orders will be sent out early next week with the rest later in the week.
It’s not to late to place an order – just flick me a txt or email.
Same price as last year – $3-00/kg
3kg bags – $9-00 and 5kg bags – $15-00
Quince Jelly is delicious as is Quince Jam. 🙂
And bottled quinces are very popular as they turn pink during processing.
Or cook up a big pot of quinces and your family will be impressed when they open the fridge door.
Great with breakfast cereal or with chocolate custard.
Quinces are not eaten raw as the flesh is very hard and sour, however, cooking softens the flesh and transforms the taste to a cross between an apple and a pear.
Braeburn apples are on the go now.
Crunchy Royal Gala and Red Delicious are still being picked so you haven’t missed out on them.
$6-00 -5kg bag…………$12-00 – 10 kg bag
Remember we are open 7 days a week from first light until dark. 😉
2 April
First pick of Braeburn apples today.
They have a delicious, crisp, juicy flesh and are a great eating and cooking apple.
They are also excellent keepers. 🙂
Great for crumbles, pies, muffins and any other recipe that requires an apple. 😉
Stewed apples and custard is an easy dessert.
A lot of my mates stew up a pot full of apples and have them with store bought custard.
Those more adventurous make a simple custard from scratch.
Real blokes own an Edmonds Cookbook. 😉
We also have Red Delicious apples on the Stall as well.
They are nice and crunchy with a lovely red skin.
Royal Gala are still available and are lovely and sweet and a hit with the kids.
All apples are in 10kg bags for $12 and 5kg bags for $6. 🙂
27 March
We have Royal Gala and Golden Delicious apples on the Stall. 🙂
5kg bags for $6 and 10kg bags for $12.
Royal Gala are a lovely eating apple and Golden Delicious are a brilliant eating and cooking apple.
Braeburn and Granny Smith are still a couple of weeks away. 🙂
Stay tuned. 🙂
March 20
To those who don’t know, we also courier apples. 🙂
The varieties available at the moment are Royal Gala and Golden Delicious.
We send them out in 15kg boxes.
The fruit cost is $18 per box ($1.20/kg).
Freight costs:
Dunedin: $6
Gore: $6
Balclutha: $6
Alexandra: $6
Wanaka/Arrowtown/Queenstown: $6
Invercargill: $10
Mataura: $10
Oamaru: $10
Christchurch: $10
If your town isn’t listed then PM me or leave a comment below and I’ll post the freight price. 🙂
To place your order flick us a PM or txt/call 027 210 6457. 🙂
March 17
Golden Delicious apples are on the go now. 🙂
Golden Delicious is a large, yellowish-green skinned heritage apple that has great flavour and is great for cooking and eating. 🙂
5kg bags for $6 and 10kg bags for $12
Royal Gala apples are still available as well for the same price. 🙂
They are fantastic for eating and kids love them. 😉
12 March
This weekend on the Stall we have freshly picked Royal Gala apples. 🙂
5kg bags for $6 and 10kg bags for $12.
We also have the last of our Cox’s Orange apples available for the same price.
Golden Delicious apples start in a few days. 🙂
Due to the high winds on Thursday our Omega plums are now over.
8 March
We have Royal Gala apples available on the Stall from tomorrow onwards. 🙂
5kg bags for $6 and 10kg for $12.
Also on the Stall are Cox’s Orange apples for the same price.
Royal Gala are a delicious eating apple while Cox’s are great for eating and cooking. 🙂
Here’s a few snaps of our friend Susanna enjoying apple picking. 🙂