Hobbs Family
25 January
We’ve had to pull the plug on Roxburgh Red Courier orders due to the recent rain but they are still available for PYO. 🙂
PYO Moorparks start this Thursday.
PYO Nectarines start today. 🙂
Spasmodic rain/showers are predicted for the next couple of days but as the weatherman is often wrong, I provide weather reports during the Fruit Season, so flick me a TXT or ring me on my cell 027 210 6457 or landline 03 446 8585 . 😉
We had showers this morning but they stopped at 9am and now it’s a great day. 🙂
23 January
We’ve had a good day with PYO Roxburgh Red and Valley Gold and there are plenty left on the trees for tomorrow. 🙂
The Sundrops are finished though I’m afraid.
Our PYO price is $1-90 kg.
Our Moorparks will be available for PYO next weekend.
On the Fruit Stall from tomorrow we will have 6kg boxes of Steven’s Favourite for $18-00. 🙂
Steven Favourite are another old variety, a great all-rounder and Mum’s (Sandra) favourite apricot variety. 😉
21 January
Roxburgh Red and Valley Gold apricots are available for PYO this weekend ($1.90/kg). 🙂
Roxburgh Red and Valley Gold are great for bottling, stewing, freezing and jam.
The Moorparks are still about a week away.
The Trevatts which look similar to Moorparks are nearly ready but of course don’t have the Moorpark taste.
Our first variety of PYO nectarines should be ready by Monday. Had hoped they would ripen by Saturday but sadly the little sods didn’t comply with my orders.
All fruit varieties are late this Season!
I am considering filing a lawsuit against the weather.. 😉
The Shiro and Billington plums should be ready in about a week.
As always we will have plenty of apricots available on the Stall. $3/kg for 1st grade and $2.50/kg for 2nd grade).
Typically in 6kg and 8kg boxes. 🙂
The weather forecast says it will be a hot weekend so bring your togs for a dip in Pinders Pond after picking. Our local ‘Jimmy’s Pies’ is closed over weekends but you can still get Jimmy’s Pies at the Teviot Tearooms in Roxburgh. A lovely couple run this place and they also do brilliant fish and chips and everything else which is tasty. Definitely worth checking out. 🙂
Cherries and berries are still available in the Valley and we will send you in the right direction for them. 🙂
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.
