The weather is really warming up now - woohoo! While the warmer weather is wonderful, we're a little dubious anticipating the summer heat. We still have a couple of months to prepare for that, thankfully.
The month of October brings a continuation of those well loved fruits and veggies that are currently available, plus a few newbies to welcome back! Let's dive into it.
🍎 Fruit
As it gets warmer throughout the month and beyond, we'll see some of our favourite fruits start to make an appearance again. The anticipation is real (especially for those crunchy & sweet grapes).
Delicious strawberries from Ashbern in the Glasshouse Mountains are still available, with (hopefully) more berries to follow soon!
Watermelons and chillies are coming from Mt Alma Organics, located near Gladstone and will be available with consistency as it continues to warm.
There's a steady supply of bananas and papayas as well as beautiful QLD avocados.
During the transition into our yummy new season citrus fruits, we'll be temporarily sourcing from Victoria.
Crunchy and juicy red & green apples are coming from our legendary apple farmer, Denis, down in Stanthorpe. Click here to have a read about one of our recent blog post where we chat all about him and his farm.
Our gorgeous end of year fruits (think grapes, stonefruit, berries) should be picking up soon, if the season allows!
🥦 Veggies
Let's start with broccoli, which is available in full force this month. We're sourcing some fantastic quality broc heads from Beau-vista Park Organic Farms in Goomboorian, as well as fresh cos lettuce, brussel sprouts & cucumber.
Noosa reds are still available in abundance (and as delicious as ever) - don't forget to get your hands on them at the farmers markets!
Leafy greens are picking up and will continue to be available in abundance this month! Gorgeous local oak lettuces and coriander are being sourced from The Beach Farm in Noosa, which is a certified organic AND biodynamic farm 👏
Gorgeous artichokes and asparagus have made an appearance - yay! These two veggies are a favourite to a few of the team members here, and for good reason! Charred, garlic-y asparagus anyone?! 😍
Other veggies available in abundance include beetroot, golden beetroot, carrots, dutch cream & sebago potatoes, zucchini, red & green capsicums and onions! Our new season onions have arrived so you can expect these to be in good quality, woohoo!
Purple sweet potatoes & white sweet potatoes are currently available (this week only and maybe next if we're lucky) so get in quick with these yummy alternative potatoes.
This just about covers everything for the month! As always, if you have any questions about seasonal availability simply shoot us a message or ask our team at market 😃
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