Can't beat fruit at $2 per kilo
Summer fruit is just starting to come into season. This week at the Carterton Farmers Market ...
Local Growers have a variety of fruit on offer We have ready to eat Luisa, Black Doris, and Omega plums, and the beginning of Leone's sweet Royal Gala apples, as well as a crisp tart cooking apple. The pears include Buerre Bosc. And all this fruit is only $2 per kg. Blackberries are also only $2 a punnet and Aja Rojo, a slightly hotter variety of garlic ,will also be for sale. Helen will not only have her juicy golden grapefruit, but also tasty Beefsteak tomatoes from Garry Foster’s food forest.
All Local Grower produce is spray-free and compost-grown (which means no artificial fertilisers). Other vegetables include amaranth, apple cucumber, basil, bay leaves, beetroot, beans, carrots, corn, cucumbers, chillies, elephant garlic, hazelnuts, kūmara leaf, lambs quarters, lettuce, malabar spinach, NZ spinach, mizuna, potatoes, radishes, rocket, scallopini, silverbeet, sorrel, and zucchini.
Wilf from Henson's Gardens is back after a week's break with his large variety of fresh seasonal produce. This includes broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, eggs, fennel, kūmara, onions, oranges, potatoes, Māori potatoes, and turnips.
Garden for Life will be selling Elwin Farm’s organically fed, free-range eggs for the next few weeks. Helen also has a range of home-grown seeds, seedlings, and a mixture of tools to help you grow your garden.
Sue and Mitsuo Okano will be here with their Okano Alignment Technique massages.
Also here this Saturday is Helen's Honey and Adrianne's Crafts.
We're be at Memorial Square from 9.00am until 12.30pm so pop along for a looksee. It'll be great to see you there.
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SHOP LOCAL THIS WEEKEND - FARMERS MARKET SOLWAY SHOWGROUNDS JUDDS ROAD MASTERTON
Come along to our Farmers Market & Crafts held EVERY Saturday Rain or Shine
BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALONG FOR MORNING TEA AND COFFEE, AND HAVE A BROWSE AROUND OUR WONDERFUL MARKET
HOT OFF THE PRESS:
DANIEL’S SPUDS Agria potatoes freshly dug this week.
WHAREMUKU ORCHARD is back this week also.
FRESH LOCAL VEGES also for sale
THE CLAREVILLE BAKERY with all our customer favourites.
And of course, there is always lots on offer: Hot Food, fresh Coffee, Fresh Vege stall, Yummy Honey, fresh bread to name just a few.
We have a fabulous array of creative gifts on display and available for purchase.
wooden toys, embroidered tea towels, olive oil, Crocheted toys, woollen items to mention just a few
We even have live music to get your toes tapping and we are always ready for a friendly chat. For a great day out or an early morning visit we have something for everyone.
We have a new Facebook page:
Wairarapa Farmers Market 2025 - have a look and view our newsletter for this week, or alternatively sign up to receive the newsletter into your inbox.
We also have a Eftpos terminal where you can access cash for your Farmers Market purchases. Come and have a look, I’m sure you will be pleasantly surprised.
Look forward to seeing you.
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