Spring has arrived early this year! Although some areas of the farm didn’t fare well after the recent heavy winds, our spring veggies are growing well and looking great.
We're excited to welcome Veg Box Customers to the farm for a dedicated Afternoon Tea on Sat 21st Sept to see the farm so they can experience the farm for themselves!!
Here's what to expect in veg boxes this season:
Flowering Veg: Broccolini, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and pumpkin will continue into spring. A new crop of Chinese broccoli (gai lan) is almost ready too! If the warm weather holds up, we may get early harvests of summer favourites like zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, and capsicum.
Leafy Greens: Our silverbeet and rainbow chard, Tuscan and curly leaf kale are coming along very nicely. We have further plantings of bok choy, joi choi, celery, rocket, mizuna, English spinach and fennel planned. We have expanded our lettuce range to include butterleaf along with the usual cos, green and red oaks, and radicchio is also growing well. Expect to see more of these beautiful leafy greens in your boxes soon!
Root Veg & Alliums: Carrot, beetroot, leek, and spring onion will continue into spring, as will winter favourites kohlrabi plus occasional turnip and radish. We’ll keep sourcing organic potatoes and onions as box staples too, although a temporary shortage of organic onions in NSW will affect us in September.
Herbs: We’ll continue to supplement boxes with herbs this season, including coriander, parsley, dill and early basil. We are planting ‘dagger chilli’ again this year after the success crop last year. We also have some experimental plantings of rosella and okra in the pipeline.
Fruit: Sourced from certified organic suppliers, bananas and apples will continue in mixed boxes, along with pear, citrus and kiwifruit. We’ll strive to pack fruit from our own trees as well, so look out for mulberries, passionfruit and lemon, plus (with luck) cherry guavas and tamarillos too.
