The Cherries Have Been Obliterated!
We have no Cherries left thanks to an all day downpour yesterday!
All the Cherries left on the trees have been completely blown and are now useless.
Ain’t life just grand somedays!!
Anyway it’s not all bad news.
We’ve just started our Wilson’s Early Plums today!
They are a gorgeous red-skinned, yellow flesh Plum which are ideal for eating or preserving.
So at the moment on the Stall we have:
Wilsons Early Plums 1kg bag of 1st grade: $3; 2kg box of 2nd Grade: $5
Broad Beans 1kg bag $5
We are still expecting to begin P.Y.O Sundrop Apricots on January 10 so stay tuned for further updates!
Don’t Mention The Rain!!!
Well today’s weather was certainly interesting.
At around 1:20pm we had a very heavy downpour complete with thunder and lightning.
This lasted for around 3 hours off and on. Not ideal growing conditions for Cherries!!
Everytime the rain stopped I jumped on the tractor and blew the water off the Cherries with the sprayer to try and prevent them splitting but I won’t be able to tell how much damage has been done until tomorrow morning.
Certainly no damage to any other fruit including the Apricots as they are not quite ripe enough to be affected.
We’re just happy we didn’t get any hail!! If we had then it would have been a diffent outcome!
Anyway on the Stall at the moment we have:
Cherries (Wlliamson and Stella), 1kg for $8
Broad Beans, 1kg @ $5
Fruit Update
At the moment the Sundrop Apricots are starting to show some nice colour so hopefully we will be starting P.Y.O on January 10.
The Roxburgh Red should be ready about January 16, the Moorparks around the 22 and the Stevens Favourite a little bit later on.
P.Y.O Peaches and Nectarines should be ready about January 20.
If we have a nice bit of hot weather then everything will probably be ready a little earlier but I’ll be posting regular updates on the blog so you’ll all be kept up to date with the latest.
And on another note, I bet my own record last night.
I shot 25 rabbits in 30 minutes while out moving my irrigation.
Let the good times roll!
Still Got Cherries!!
A lovely 27c day here in Hercules Flat.
I can hear the Apricots ripening as I write this blog so hopefully by January 10 it will be all go with P.Y.O!
We only have Cherries, Broad Beans and Eggs on the Stall at the moment.
The Cherries are Dawson, Lapin and Stella.
We are keeping our fingers crossed for the next variety of Spuds to start in the next week.
The rabbits got 50 lettuces in one night, finished the last of the peas off and nibbled the tops of the carrots!!!!
Ruby also lost quite alot of Lemom Balm, Parsley and Marjoram plants.
At about 10pm each night after I move the irrigation for the last time I go and shoot around 20 rabbits and if I wasn’t so tired I could easily get another 20 or 30.
I think it’s safe to say that Roxburgh is experiancing a plague of rabbits!!!
The Best and Worst Of 2012
Since it’s Christmas Day I’ve decided that instead of the usual Fruit Updates, we need something different.
Heres Our Favourite Picture of 2012: Me and Ruby at Queenstown back in October
Our Favourite Joke of 2012 (Sent to us by both Dr Dave and our friend Racheal G. )
My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.
I asked her, “Do you know him?”
“Yes”, she sighed,
“He’s my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn’t been sober since.”
“My Goodness!” I said, “Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?”
And Last But Not Least Some of the Photos of 2012 That We All Want To Forget ASAP!
Merry Christmas!
Out Of New Spuds
We are out of new spuds at the moment.
The variety that was meant to be ready in time is about 1 – 2 weeks late due to the cold spring.
We still have plenty of Cherries, Broad Beans, Peas and Eggs available on the Stall though.
Dawson Cherries Starting This Weekend
We are hoping to start our Dawson Cherries on Friday.
We will also have new spuds, eggs, peas and broad beans on the Stall as well.
The Cherry crop throughout Central Otago is a bit on the light side this year but there will be plenty available on the Stall.
The Fruit Season is running about a week or so later than usual due to a cool spring and not enough sunshine.
We are hoping to be starting Sundrop Apricots and Wilson’s Early Plums around January 10.
I’ll be keeping the blog updated very regularly from now on so you’ll always be able to find the latest info on Fruit Availability here.
Remember if you have any questions regarding fruit, etc then just flick us an email or give us a call.
Out Of Early Cherries
We are out of early Cherries.
We only have some new spuds (2.5kg for $5), Eggs (1doz for $5) and some Comfrey plants ($4/plant) on the Stall at the moment.
At this stage we hope to have Dawson Cherries starting around December 20 if we get some nice fine weather.
We Are Open!
The Fruit Stall is Open from today onwards with:
. A limited supply of early Chapman Cherries (not available for Courier), $8/kg bag
. Lovely New Spuds, 2.5kg box for $5
. Comfrey Plants, $4 a plant
The main crop Cherries (Dawson) will be starting approx. Dec 21 along with tasty garden Peas and Broad Beans.
If your cruising past on your way Central then pop on in and say Gidday.
A Duck Named Ping
The other day our friend Alice found a motherless duckling whilst she was walking her dog.
As she has a cat as well as a dog she decided the best thing was to find a home for it quick smart.
This is how we became the family for the said duckling which is now named Ping after Mum’s favourite childhood storybook character.
The photo shows Ping on his first night here. He slept in a tuff tub with his new friend, Baby Bear.
The next morning Ruby and I modified an old apple bin so Ping has a permanent home.
This delightful little thing is so cute and I never thought I’d say that about a duck!