What’s NEW at the Market this Week?
Children’s Activities thanks to Paula La Belle – Early Years Coordinator at the Family Centre Murwillumbah for creating an exciting children’s space with some colouring and craft activities and books for story telling.
Crabbes Creek Woodfired Pizzas are on this week – a school holiday special so if you have missed Jon and Gina’s pizzas last week come and enjoy them with your friends and family this week.
Brunswick Seed Oysters – We are expecting that Noel will be back this week keeping all seafood lovers happy.
Murwillumbah Community Men’s Shed fortnightly stall on this
week.
Wollumbin Gourmet Mushrooms – this week Gary will have a few Shiitakes, King Oysters, white oysters, Lions Mane and Shimeji mushrooms. He can be found next to Narbey’s Best Avocados.
Our winter series of Farm Tours continues with: BioOrganic Farm tour at 9.30am on Saturday 16th July.
Where: – 2 Boulder Close Byangum.
Come and see how the hot houses enable Avi and Zehavit to produce red capsicum, Lebanese cucumbers and tomatoes throughout the year. Plus they have beautiful greens growing out in the paddock. They usually have a large pile of mulch used to keep the soil quality high – so necessary for producing vegies organically. Come along to see and hear how they do it.
Jumping Red Ant – Farm tour Duranbah site – 21st July at 2.30pm
Please book your spot on this tour at the market on 0498733766 or on fb or email me at calderafarmersmarket@gmale.com.
Stallholder update for the market this Week?
Go Earth – Hamish will be back the 1st week of next month with his locally produced compost for all the enthusiastic gardeners.
My Farm Kitchen – Susie returns next week with her beautiful preserves and conserves made using produce from her family’s Weka Weka Farm. Susie is a fortnightly stallholder.
Entertainment: Guy Kachel
Weather Forecast is for: Partly cloudy this week with winds becoming light during the morning. Overnight temperatures will fall to between 10 and 13 degrees and daytime temperatures reaching around 18
Produce of the week (newest season produce is in bold):
- Apples
- Avocados – Hass
- Bananas
- Beans
- Blueberries
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Custard apples
- Cauliflower
- Capsicum
- Carrots
- Corn
- Cucumbers (Lebanese)
- Dragon Fruit
- Fennel
- Kale
- Kang kong
- Lemons
- Mandarins
- Oranges
- Passionfruit
- Peas – snow peas and shelling peas
- Radish
- Rocket
- Silver beet
- Spinach
- Sweet potatoes
- Sprouts
- Tomatoes
- Zucchini
Seasonal Produce List Updated:
Vegetables
Beans (+organic), Beetroot (+organic), Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cabbage, Capsicum, Cauliflower, Chard (organic), Chilli, Cucumber (+organic), Corn (+organic), Eggplant (+organic), Garlic (+organic), Herbs (basil + organic basil, coriander, fennel, ginger, rocket, turmeric and more), Kale (+organic), Kang kong, Lettuce (cos organic), Fancy Lettuce and mixed salad greens, Micro greens (+ wide variety of organic such as alfalfa, barley greens, sunflower, broccoli, chick pea), Peas incl snow peas (+organic), Mizuna, Onion (+organic), Mushrooms, Pak Choi (organic), Potato (Sebago) , Potatoes (kipfler ++), Pumpkin (+organic), Salad Mix, Silver Beet, Sprouts (+organic), Spinach (+organic), Sweet Corn, Sweet Potato (+organic), Tatsoi (organic) Swedes, Tomatoes (+organic), Taro, Watercress, Wheat grass, Zucchini (+organic).
Fruit
Apples, Avocados, Bananas (Cavendish, Lady Fingers (organic also) and Little Gem), Blueberries, Carambola (star fruit), Custard apples, Dragon Fruit, Grapefruit, Grapes, Kiwi fruit (organic), Lemons + Limes (incl organic), Mangoes, Mandarin (organic), Oranges (organic), Passionfruit, Paw Paw, Pears, Rock melons, Strawberries, Watermelons.
Flowers
Gerberas, Lisianthus, Roses, Tropical flowers – currently red and yellow heliconias.
Eggs – including organic
Nuts
Pecan nuts and macadamia nuts, nut oils, butters and choc coated nuts
Dairy
Cows milk, cheeses and yoghurt, kefir, cultured butter ++
Goats milk and soft cheeses, kefir
Honey
Raw unprocessed honey, creamed honey and creamed honey with cinnamon! And bees wax candles.
Rice and Breads
A variety of artisan sour dough breads baked with a range of organic flours (including spelt and rye) and flavours that use local market products including macadamia nut bread!
Meat
Beef, lamb and pork (All Natural Meat Company) and goat, Salami (Nimbin Valley Diary) periodically. + lamb and chicken sourced within the broader market radius and locally caught fish – very seasonal).
Seafood
Locally harvested oysters by Noel Baggalay from his Brunswick and Tweed Rivers oyster farm. Seasonally caught local fish, prawns and other seafood as it becomes locally available.