Children’s Activities
Pauline and Tracey from Mt Warning Preschool and Chillingham & Tyalgum Preschools respectively are hosting craft activities in our family area under the marquee provided by Family Centre. So look out for their activities this week.
Fortnightly, monthly stall changes:
The Murwillumbah Community Men’s Shed is back this week and fortnightly from now on with their very popular camphor laurel breadboards.
Absent:
- French Patisserie now longer returning to the market owing to their great success in their new business in M’bah
- Go Earth Organic Compost back first week in February
Seasonal changes
- Last week of Sundowner apples this week. Costanzo apples will be absent for a week or two until their new season Royal Galas are picked and their black muscat grapes come in.
- Nudgel Nuts – returns in March
- Narbey’s Best Avocados returns late March or early April
- Blueberry Fields returns in July or August weather depending.
*REMEMBER* ATM at the market!
We now have an ATM onsite for your shopping convenience.
Entertainment: Loren and Gabe
Weather: Hot and mostly sunny with daytime temperatures reaching the low thirties so another hot one but not as hot as last week .
Produce of the week (newest season produce is in bold):
- Bananas
- Beans
- Capsicum
- Corn
- Cos lettuce
- Cucumbers (Lebanese)
- Dragon Fruit
- Lychees
- Passionfruit
- Potatoes (various)
- Rockmelons
- Sweet potatoes
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Watermelons
- Zucchini
Seasonal Produce List Updated:
Vegetables
Beans (+organic), Beetroot (+organic), 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), 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), Lychees, Mangoes, Mandarin (organic), Oranges (organic), Passionfruit, Paw Paw, Pears, Rock melons, Strawberries, Watermelons.
Eggs – including organic.
Flowers
Gerberas, Lisianthus, Roses, Tropical flowers – currently red and yellow heliconias.
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.
Mushrooms – gourmet and medicinal as well as button
Nuts
Pecan nuts and macadamia nuts, nut oils, butters and choc coated nuts
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).
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!
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.
Vinegars – locally produce apple cider and bush infused balsamic