What a season – hardly any rain in the last 6 months. But amazingly lots of fruit. IN the tree crops cherries and apricots are now being picked. Lucky we have irrigation. Just the same lots of damage from roos and possums who are desperate for food as the surrounding forests are without fodder. We have lots of berries though. At present picking strawberries, … Continue reading →
The 2017-18 picking season of black currants has started. We are now sending blackcurrants by Express Post to Eastern States of Australia. These are fresh, vacuum sealed and can be eaten fresh or frozen when they reach their destination hopefully overnight. We also have black currant cordial and jams available in our shop or online. See full article from earlier post: https://eurekafarm.com.au/bloghh/blackcurrants/ For ordering online … Continue reading →
This year has been an amazing year. Ann and I have been very busy and alas my updates for our web site have been noticeably absent. Today is Christmas day and it is the only day we are closed. This gives me an opportunity to reflect and say hello to the world. HELLO!!!! In recent weeks we have been contacted by an organisation called … Continue reading →
piepastryWe have a team of 5 persons staying with us now. Diego from Chile has been here the longest. Pierre is from France. Sena is from Japan and Wilson and Koocy are from HongKong. All are eating with us and thus meal times are an important feature of each day. As every one seems to have strong appetites we need to keep thinking of … Continue reading →
The season is over and now time to clean up. We have heaps of apples this year and only geese and chickens to eat the throwaways. Fortunately my wine maker friend Geoff Wells loaned me his press and dicing machine. In the past I have offered him some of my waste apples but he said he had enough and why don’t you try making … Continue reading →
We are getting things ready again. Shop is going in a nice simple manner. Coffee and biscuits. Icecreams and jams and chutneys available again. Quite a few orders coming in for our jams not just through the internet but also via our retail outlets stocking up for the summer. We have resisted price increase so far as we know a lot of businesses are … Continue reading →
