Hi there

We are pleased to have the Market as a finalist in the Otago Hall of Fame Services to Otago category.  BUT if you think the market has the best vendors in the whole of Otago be sure to give us a vote for Otago Person(s) of the Year in this link TODAY!  https://www.otagohalloffame.co.nz/otago-person-of-the-year  

I am soooo excited to be back at work at the market this Saturday as I really miss shopping for all my staples when I am away. Fermented vegetables from Maries, eggs, Blue Mountain beef, Havoc pork, paeonies, microgreens from Brightside, Jersey Benne potatoes from Oamaru Organics and whatever other yummy fresh vegetables that are currently not ready in my own garden all feature on my shopping list.

Logan Park Jazz Band will entertain us again, always a crowd pleaser and I think the weather will behave as well!

I recently called into see the creator of Love and Cake. Emily Jory is a young woman on a mission to bring more love into the world by making joyous sweet creations that people will share and bond over. She has a considerable talent for making visually stunning sweet treats that are hard to resist.

Emily has a passion for both baking and the arts. She combined these passions through undertaking significant academic pursuits culminating in a Masters in Design – focusing on how food can be used as a medium for artistic expression.

Emily has worked with many of Dunedin’s finest chefs and bakers. Most recently she was Head Chef at the Kind Grocer where she became more and more familiar with vegan and allergy friendly cooking. In any one week up to half her orders may be vegan and or allergy friendly.

Emily grew up baking with her Mum and her Aunty who was a chef. She always wanted to be a chef but not just a chef hence her foray into her own business.

Emily's cakes and raw slices are very eye catching, talk about eye candy! She bakes Wednesday night and all-day Thursday before decorating on Friday. Currently she is working out of the certified kitchen in her apartment which has some limitations regarding space and access. Ideally, she would like a kitchen studio to work from and the way she is going we are sure that this will be part of her future. Check out Emily’s creations up on the platform.

See you Saturday.

Kate

General Manager

This Week in the kitchen

Silverbeet, Potato Self-Crusting Quiche

Produce from Ettrick Gardens Agreeable Nature Free Range Eggs Evansdale Cheese

Beetroot Chocolate Cake

Produce from Ettrick Gardens Agreeable Nature Free Range Eggs

Beetroot Bacon Soda Bread Loaf

Produce from Ettrick Gardens

Zestt Wellness Pasta

Produce from

Holiday Markets 2020/2021

This year we are making a few changes to our market schedule over the holiday period.

This is primarily because of how the statutory holidays fall this year and to avoid vendors having to pay staff to pick on Christmas Day and New Years Day. So markets will be happening on the following days and times.

Saturday 19th Dec , usual time, 8am - 12.30pm

Wednesday 23rd December, 6.30am - 11am (customers will be restricted access until 6.30am when all vendors will be in place)

Wednesday 30th December, 8am - 11am

Saturday 9th January 2021, usual time 8am - 12.30pm

NB: NO Saturday markets on 26th December 2020 or 2nd January 2021

Markets as per every Saturday after this.

Ettrick Gardens Market Specials

FRESH IN SEASON NOW

FRESH STRAWBERRIES

LOTS OF PAEONIES

RADISH & PARSLEY, SILVERBEET.

PURPLE, YELLOW AND ORANGE COLOURED CARROTS.

4 VARIETIES OF BEETROOT, PURPLE ROUND & CYLINDRA also

CANDY & GOLD BEETROOT, SHALLOTS, SPRING ONIONS.

BRIGHTLIGHTS SILVERBEET.

CARROTS, ONIONS, BABY BEETROOT, BABY CARROTS.

WALNUTS – WHOLE OR SHELLED.

5 VARIETIES OF POTATOES.

ALL POTATOES ‘5KG ONLY $5’.

4 VARIETIES OF CRISP & CRUNCHY APPLES.

THE PERFECT EASY AND TASTY SPRING DESSERT.

FROZEN FREEFLOW BERRIES!!!!

BOYSENBERRIES 1kg Free Flow @ $15 OR 2 @ $25.

RASPBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES & TAYBERRIES.

BLACKCURRANTS are Sooo good for you, High in Vitamin C and Antioxidents!!

This weekend 500gm $8 or 2 for $14.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

OUR COURIER SERVICE IS STILL AVAILABLE ANYTIME.

Email j.hpreedyege@actrix.co.nz for our latest order form and we can add you to our weekly update.  

Ettrick Gardens

on your right at the main gate, or

Rapid 5104,  

State Highway 8, Ettrick.

Central Otago.  03 446 6863

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Valda from NZ Nuts will be back at the market from this week with in shell walnuts halves and pieces – most cultivars available.

Waewae Permaculture

This market we will have stacks of beautiful spring Pak-Choi (aka Bok-choi) & salad in home compostable bags.  We will have our stir-fry mix back too which is a blend of rainbow chard and pak-choi in a convenient ready to go bag. We will have a very small amount of strawberry punnets for some lucky earlybirds.

Specials this week are: Pak-choi 2 for $6, Salad mix 2 for $9.

Waewae Permaculture - Regenerative & Diverse farming, local & Agri-chemical free. Organically grown (non-certified-talk to us!) Home compostable packaging.

Dunford Grove

Close to time for the irrigation on again   We often forget that there's as much tree below the ground as above so all the growth we encourage in new branches also applies to the roots.  No bad thing but some trees strangle the flow through the lateral pipes so here we're by-passing the crushed sections with new pipe.

Did you know?

Extra Virgin Olive Oil contains a number of active compounds that contribute to heart health. Observational studies consistently find that those who consume the most have a lower risk of heart disease.

This Week at the Market L1

Please stay away if unwell (vendors & customers). 

Please only handle food & produce that you are going to buy (& always wash your produce when you get home).

Please bring your coffee keep cups, etc with you & bottle returns, etc.

We will have loads of fantastic, fresh local produce, products, hot food, coffee, etc ready for you from 7:30am till 12:15pm around their usual spots at the market.

Cash is still accepted from many vendors.

Contact tracking is at all the gates, please scan yourself in on the official govt Covid QR code.  (You will find them attached to the fence at each of the gates or at the caravan at front entrance).  It will be everyone’s responsibility to scan in (incl vendors & staff).  This will be unmanned & is everyone’s responsibility to do so & to sanitize hands at entrances please.

If you can please make sure you have downloaded a Govt Covid diary tracker QR app on your smart phone to be prepared if you haven’t already done so.  https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-resources-and-tools/nz-covid-tracer-app

Remember your charged mobile phones for contact tracing! 

Please sneeze into your elbow.

covid19.govt.nz

Whitestone Halloumi Cheese Fries & Christmas Orders

Whitestone Cheese – Henry.

As a treat from all of us here up at Whitestone cheese, Henry has decided that for all of November Halloumi fries are on special for bargain price of $5.50 

Also as Christmas nears don’t forget to put in your orders for your Christmas cheeses! I will be taking orders up until the first market of December (December 5th). 

Locavore Boxes to your Door!

If Saturday morning is already crowded with work, or sport and music for the kids, or just sleeping in and reading the newspaper over a leisurely breakfast, you can still support local growers and producers.

Locavore Boxes gather together locally grown herbs, vegetables and fruit, locally produced eggs, honey and dairy produce, as well as other treats, and they deliver them to your door in a truly sustainable wooden or woven box that you simply return to Locavore Boxes next time they call.

Locavore Boxes work with Farmers Market stalwarts Oamaru Organics, Janefield Hydroponics, Holy Cow, Wairuna Organics, Caithness Farm, Kapowai Kombucha as well as other local growers Mihiwaka Organics, BL beekeeping and others.

Check out their website for more information: www.locavoreboxes.co.nz

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Ettrick Gardens

Onions, Carrots, Parsnips & Brussels Sprouts

Fresh from Central Otago

Ask on the day

Evansdale Cheese

Garlic Cheese

Soft, yummy and an excellent vampire repellant

$7 for 200gm

Agreeable Nature Free Range Eggs

Generous & Delicious Free Range Eggs

Return your egg cartons and help us recycle

From $4.50 half dozen