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Hi there
This Saturday will see the beginning of August and the last official month of winter! Yahoo! I, for one, am pleased to see the end of it this year.
Now is the time of year to be thinking about planting potatoes. These wonderful staples grow easily so if you haven’t grown them before now might be the year to start! Most of us potato lovers eagerly anticipate the first Jersey Benes as they really are a seasonal delicacy. This is the variety that I grow in my tiny vegetable garden, rather than a main crop potato. There is nothing that gives me more pleasure than bandicooting for enough for Christmas dinner!
The first step is to source your seed potato. You may need to go outside of the farmers market to do this. Regardless of this veg vendors will be able to advise you on how to sprout the “eyes” of the spud and the optimum growing conditions thereafter. Potatoes do like to be feed and I think they grow much better in the open ground, rather than in buckets. However some people do have great success with container growing and children, in particular, would get a lot of satisfaction out of a garden project such as this.
Spring really is in the air as I have just heard from Terracotta Plants that their bulbs are flowering and that they will be @ the market this week.
The team @ coKo lounge had a ripper of a start last week at the market. Their chocolaty, super food cacao drinks were a big hit. If you are looking for a healthy, coffee alternative then give them a go and feel just a little virtuous in the process!
And we will have an abundance of swedes for sale @ the market this week courtesy of the Rotary Club, Taieri branch. They are fund raising and what better to do that with then the southern staple, the mighty swede. We ate these raw as kids and loved the crunchy sweetness of them.
See you Saturday.
Stay warm
Kate
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This Week in the kitchen
Decadent delights, (but without the refined sugar) are to be had this weekend with Elizabeth back whipping up a storm in the market caravan kitchen!
Amazing Vendors This Week:
Ettrick Gardens Beetroot - Beetroot Pikelets
Oamaru Organics Yams - Candied Yams
Agreeable Nature Free Range Eggs - Beetroot Pikelets & Whisky & Manuka Honey Ice Cream
Holy Cow Cream - Whisky & Manuka Honey Ice Cream
Blueskin Bay Manuka Honey - Whisky & Manuka Honey Ice Cream
Bay Rd Crunchy Peanut Butter - Bay Rd Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Harbour Fish Blue Cod or Sole - Ginger Fish Patties
Hazelnut Estate Hazelnuts - Candied Yams with Hazelnut Dukkah
Wairuna Organics Garlic - Ginger Fish Patties with Hoisin Sauce
Janefield Hydroponics Lettuce - Ginger Fish Patties with Hoisin Sauce
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Waitaki Orchard back for the Season!
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Waitaki Orchards is back at the market this week. Come and see us at the end of the platform for delicious fruit treats including galettes, jam, chutney and our new range of fruit tarts.
We look forward to seeing you all! – The Waitaki Orchards Team.
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Dunford Grove - this week will be our last Market until spring
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Truck full of trouble? No, the grandkids and cousins out for a blat! Driver on the right is a country girl, slightly spooked looking on the left is a city kid, I'm in there somewhere with my hand hovering over the handbrake!
This week will be our last Market until spring, we're just onsold out, so thanks to you all. This year's oil is just sent for certification as Extra Virgin Olive Oil, be ready for sale soon.
Did you know? We cannot use the Olives NZ certification Extra Virgin "mark" unless we submit our test results as proof that our oil meets their standards. Interestingly, the NZ standards are significantly higher than those of the International Olive Oil Council. Your guarantee that our oil is up with the world's best!
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Marie’s
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Specials this Week:
FERMENTED VEGETABLES (samples available) please be aware that the last 3 ones are seasonal, so consequently when the batch is finished, it will be replaced by another mix completely different.
*Organic Sauerkraut with onion & garlic
*Organic Sauerkraut with just cabbage
*Organic Kimchi (mild, medium & hot)
*Cabbage, #carrot, #beetroot, #radish, #new onion, basil & mustard seed
#Daikon, capsicum, # beetroot & garlic
*Cabbage, #fennel, pumpkin, corn, #turnip, #radish, onion, garlic, ginger & turmeric
* organic # spray free
ORGANIC FRESH TEMPEH: CHICKPEA, BUCKWHEAT & LINSEED
VEGETARIAN & VEGAN (samples available)
Freshly made every week from different beans, cereal and seeds.
1 packet (225gm) for $8 or 2 packets for $15.
LOW SUGAR JAM
Rhubarb & Apple, Plum, Gooseberry, Peach, Quince, Pear & Vanilla
NEW: Strawberry
Marie’s fruit CHUTNEY $ 6 for a jar of 270gm
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La Crepe Market Specials – 1st August
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I feel the warmth of spring coming, it's exciting.
Here comes the inspiration for Saturday.
Christophe
JAM OF THE DAY: APRICOT $6
THE CREATION: LEMON CURD OR PASSION FRUIT WITH LOW SUGAR HAZELNUT MERINGUE AND WHIPPED CREAM $8
PEAR DELICACY: $ 9.00
Butterscotch sauce
Poached Pear
with Confectioner’s Custard
Or with Whipped Cream
SPECIALS SAVOURY CREPE: $10.00
ROASTED PUMPKIN & ONION WITH OPHIR THYME N’ GARDEN’S GREEN WITH OR WITHOUT FETA (VEGAN OPTION) $10.00
OR
FAREGAME BRAISED WILD VENISON WITH TOUCH OF CHILLI AND DARK COCOA
With Cheese or Hummus
And with Salad & Dressing OR Egg
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Double Decker your way to the Market!
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Swedes at the Market this Weekend!
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Rotary Club of Taieri will be bringing a trailer full of swedes this weekend for you to buy, find them in the lower market.
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Locovore Boxes to your Door
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If you can't make it to the Otago Farmers Market on a Saturday morning for whatever reason & you are still keen to support local growers and makers, and here’s a way you can do that:
Locavore Boxes include produce from a number of Farmers Market growers and producers in their boxes: veg from Oamaru Organics, Janefield Hydroponics, Caithness Farm, Wairuna Organics, bread from Gilbert’s, dairy produce from Holy Cow, Kombucha from Kapowai, eggs from Agreeable Nature, fruit and veg from Rosedale Orchard. They also source from other local producers not found at the market: BL Beekeeping (based on the Taieri), Roastery Door coffee from South Dunedin, Vern Paddock Produce from Mihiwaka. That means you can still support your local growers, buying locally grown /produced food - with the added bonus of having it delivered to your door! Check their website - www.locavoreboxes.co.nz
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Expressions of Interest - Otago Farmers Market Board Trustees
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Looking for expressions of interest. We are on the lookout for additional advisor & board member roles within the trust. If you feel you can offer something special or skills towards either of these voluntary roles & have a love of the Farmers Market please get in touch. The board meet once a month for our board meeting & are all volunteers in our market hub on Saturdays as well as keen market goers! If you would like to find out more please email our Otago Farmers Market Chairperson Sharyn Crawford. aromaticdispensary@xtra.co.nz
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Ettrick Gardens Market Specials
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CHILLIES
CLEANING OUT THE GLASSHOUSE WE HAVE FOUND SOME GOOD CHILLIEs for a limited time only. Check them out this week.
BAG YOUR OWN VEGIES
VARIOUS CARROTS, BEETROOT & WASHED POTATOES.
FRESH IN SEASON NOW
PURPLE, YELLOW AND ORANGE COLOURED CARROTS WILL BRIGHTEN UP ANY WINTER MEAL.
4 VARIETIES OF BEETROOT, PURPLE ROUND & CYLINDRA also CANDY & GOLD BEETROOT, JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES and CELERIAC are now IN SEASON.
SPINACH, SILVERBEET, BRIGHTLIGHTS SILVERBEET, CARROTS, ONIONS, RED ONIONS, COLOURED CARROTS, GREEN AND RED CABBAGE, KALE AND CAVOLO NERO, LEEKS.
BABY BEETROOT, BABY CARROTS.
SHALLOTS 1kg Now only $9.
7 VARIETIES OF POTATOES
3 VARIETIES OF PEARS
11 VARIETIES OF CRISP & CRUNCHY APPLES
INCLUDING PEASGOOD NON SUCH & BALLERAT COOKERS.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
FROZEN FREEFLOW BERRIES!!!!
RASPBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES & TAYBERRIES.
BOYSENBERRIES 1 kg $15 OR 2 for $25.
This Weeks Special
SPRAYFREE BEETROOT are $2.50 a kg.
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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Harbour Fish Specials
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Blue Cod - $15 (330mg in compostable bag)
Sole - $12 (330mg in compostable bag)
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Holy Cow Double Cream
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Holy Cow Double Cream - $7 small bottle. $12 500ml bottle.
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Blueskin Bay Manuka Honey
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250gm jar $25
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Wairuna Organics Garlic
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Ask for prices up on the platform.
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Bay Rd Crunchy Peanut Butter
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$10 for 480gm jar.
$35 for large 1.8kg jar.
Crunchy or Smooth.
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Hazelnut Estate Hazelnuts
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$15 (300gm), $30 (650gm)
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Ettrick Gardens Spray Free Beetroot
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$2.50 per kg
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Oamaru Organics Yams
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Ask the boys on the day.
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Agreeable Nature Free Range Eggs
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$8 per dozen.
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Janefield Hydroponics Lettuce
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Check with Rodger on the day for varieties & prices.
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