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Winter in the orchard
There's no fruit to pick right now. Our trees stand graceful with a sculptural beauty in their leafless winter dormancy. Pruned and fed they are saving resources and soaking in the winter chill as they get ready to burst into blossom in spring for fruit in summer. ...
My little cover crop is coming up beautifully. We cultivated and planted every second row through the orchard, trying to remove and outcompete the weedy, clumpy paspalum grass and bring some life and organic matter back into the soils. The barley has sprinted away...
Online orders now available
Looking for some treats in isolation? Good news - our cherry products are now available for delivery. You can now order for delivery our Pickled Cherries (think cheese platters, paired with meats or in salads), Cherries in Cinnamon & Orange (on rice pudding) or...
KIRSEBÆR SOVS Danish cherry sauce
A few people have asked me for this recipe. Any Dane knows it well as the traditional Danish Christmas dessert is this cherry sauce served over a rice and almond and cream pudding (risalamande). There's one whole almond in the pudding and whoever is lucky enough to...
2019 Cherry season closed
And that's it - our most unpredictable cherry season is closed ... we've no cherries left to pick. Thank-you to all who visited our orchard or met our cherry express. The cherries really were the boss this season... driven by some extreme swings in weather...
Last chance for 2019 cherries
Our 2019 cherry season is nearly done - we're almost out of cherries. Drought and the extreme temperature swings that go with it gave us a very small crop this year, we saved them all for our farm gate sales, pick your own and deliveries but even so not enough. ...
Cherry Season Draws to a Close – Last pick your own this Saturday 14th Dec 7:30am-10 am
Cherry season is nearly over already - super short this year we have to close early due to limited crop. It's been wonderful to see so many people enjoy the orchard. Final times for pick your own: Friday 13th & Saturday 14th 7:30 am - 10am only. Crop load is...
Cherry BBQ & christmas treats at the Wotif Festival of the Snag this Saturday – Mudgee
We love a sausage sizzle ... even better with some cherry wood to smoke up the BBQ. Cherry wood smoke adds fantastic flavour for any BBQ and is superb for a Christmas ham. Great Christmas present for your BBQ mates. Or take the smokey flavour the easy way...
2019 Cherry Season Opens!
Cherry season opens this weekend! Pick Your Own 7:30am – 1pm in these Rons variety cherries. 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2019 There will be some beautiful sweet, black cherries to pick. You’ll have to happy to hunt for them this weekend as some extreme weather dropped off...