🥩   Salubre – Regenerative Beef from the Sounds 🌿

🍽️ Salubre Beef, run by Pete and Sue Evans, offers delicious ready meals made with their premium regenerative beef—perfect for a hearty, no-fuss dinner after the kids’ winter sports! They’re also now offering whole beefies for groups—get 2–4 households together and share your own cattle beast. It’s an economical way to fill your freezer with exceptional-quality beef, tailored to your preferred cuts. Taste the difference in every bite! 🥩

🌰 Fresh hazelnuts are now available as part of a fundraiser for a local youth group, who are also working hard selling bags of dry pinecones. Every purchase helps these young legends get one step closer to attending camp—support them this Sunday and stock up while you’re at it! ⛺🔥

🐑 All is well on  Long Acre Farm!  We’ve repurposed our old pig huts into cosy sheep shelters to keep the flock warm through winter. Thanks to a strong autumn, we’ve had good grass growth heading into the colder months, and with the ram having done his job, we’re looking forward to lambs on the ground come September. At the market, we’ve expanded our hot food cabinet – now serving up classic beef sausage rolls, Cornish pasties, lamb pies, and Rick’s famous cheese scones – something for everyone!

Cheers,
Rick & Nairn

🍛 Love Thy Curry is at the market this Sunday with tastings of two delicious curries: the Goa Fish Curry (just the sauce – zingy, fresh, and coconut-based with a sweet-spicy kick), and the bold, fiery Beef Madras, rich in South Indian flavour. ❄️ With winter here, it’s slow-cooker season – and yes, their curry kits work beautifully in a slow cooker! Just add your spices and ingredients, hold off on coconut milk until the end, and let it simmer to perfection.

🥖 Minghetti’s is back this Sunday with some delicious new treats – try their Apple & Blueberry Crumble and Date & Cinnamon Cake! Plus, stock up on your favourites from their sourdough bread, pastries, and cookies selection. Baked goodness awaits! 🍎🫐🍪

🎨 Annette Michna-Konigstorfer, local watercolour artist and the talent behind Snail House Bakery, won’t be at the market this Sunday – she’s attending the Watercolour New Zealand 50th Anniversary celebrations right here in Blenheim. Enjoy the event, Annette – we’ll miss your beautiful bread! 🍞💐

🍓 Gourmet Deli is bringing the last of the season’s strawberries this Sunday, along with their popular creamy strawberry cheesecake – just $6 a slice! Also on offer: plump eggplant halves stuffed with chargrilled veggies and melted mozzarella, and a hearty seasonal frittata made with local vegetables, herbs, and eggs – gluten-free and vegetarian. Come hungry! 🍆🧀🥚

SharpAs Tool Tips

Blenheim has a great selection of food carts, and I’m always happy to support them.

Pictured are knives brought in by the popular Chocolate & Ginger food cart for sharpening.

If you have knives, tools, kitchen utensils, or scissors (for hairdressers, tailors, or general use), bring them along to:

 Redwood Market – Saturday mornings

 Marlborough Farmers’ Market – Sunday mornings

Or contact me directly at 027 444 5535.

Cheers,

Ron

💐 Mother’s Day is next Sunday! Why not pick up a gift early at the market this week, or pre-order something special for next weekend? Mums always appreciate a little recognition for their lifelong labour of love – whether it’s a bouquet of fresh or dried flowers, a jar of chutney, Christmas lily bulbs, or a ready-to-heat meal to give her a night off. There’s plenty to choose from – thoughtful, local, and made with love. 💝

🍫 The Info Stall has a fresh delivery of Hogarth Chocolate, including the exceptional Ecuador 85% Single Estate – a rich, dark chocolate with deep, complex flavour. A perfect little indulgence or a thoughtful gift!

🎶 Live music, fresh eats, and local treats – it's all happening this Sunday! 🎶

This week’s busker is 🎸 Matt McNeilly – come enjoy the tunes while you browse the best of Marlborough!

🔪 Got dull knives, scissors, or tools? Bring them along – sharpAs will have your blades gleaming in no time!

🥟 Pedro is back with his spicy lamb empanadas flavoured with rosemary and garlic – yum!
🥧 Long Acre has expanded their hot food cabinet – now offering beef sausage rolls, Cornish pasties, lamb pies, and Rick’s legendary cheese scones.

🍛 Love Thy Curry is dishing out tastings of Goa Fish Curry and Beef Madras – come have a bite!
🥖 Rood Food has baguettes piled high with their delicious pâté and chutney.

🍰 Gourmet Deli is tempting you with creamy strawberry cheesecake portions for just $6, and don’t miss the plump eggplant halves stuffed with chargrilled veg and gooey mozzarella – also $6 each!

🌽 Taylor Family Farming has wrapped up their corn season and will be back once cabbages are ready in the coming months – thanks for supporting them!

🌰 Freshly shelled walnuts at the info stand
🫑 Cooking capsicums from Dave’s Produce – just $10 a box
🍄 Grow-your-own oyster mushrooms from Nelson Shroomery – bags are pinning!
🥣 All-natural instant soup from Homemade.Kiwi
🍈 Limrose has juicy limes, lily bulbs, and native plants
🍐 Lowe’s Orchard pears are at their juicy best
🍽️ Heat-and-eat ready meals from Salubre

🌰 A local youth group is raising funds with bags of pinecones and fresh hazelnuts – come show your support!

🌼 Fantail Fields has dried bouquets and is taking preorders for Mother’s Day
🌶️ Three Cats’ candied jalapeños are flying out the door – don’t miss them!

🛒 See you Sunday, rain or shine – bring your bags, your blades, and your appetite!

Community Spotlight

Did you know we reserve a space at the market each week for community groups to spread awareness or fundraise for their cause? This site is available free of charge as our way of giving back to the community that supports us. For more information or to apply,

See you Sunday, 9 to noon, A&P showgrounds.

Lynn Stuthridge

Market Manager

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