🎪 This Sunday at the Farmers Market! 🥕

Join us 9am–12pm for your weekly shop of fresh, local goodness!

🌿 Fantail Fields have finished for the season – thank you for the beautiful blooms!
🍰 Sweet Creations are on a well-deserved holiday.
🥚 Koromiko Eggs are back with farm-fresh, free-range eggs.
🎶 Enjoy tunes from this week's busker – Johnnie Materoa.
🥬 Taylor Family Farming returns with crisp cabbages – and don’t miss our Friday newsletter for a hearty Irish Colcannon recipe to go with them!
🥟 Pedro’s Empanadas now has lamb empanadas permanently on the menu!
🧃 The Info Stall has a fresh delivery of Eden Juice – 100% pure Peach, Raspberry, Plum, Boysenberry & Blackberry juices.
💚 Homemade.Kiwi introduces feijoa powder, made with organic Windsong feijoas – a tangy superfood boost!

Bring your bags, your appetite, and we’ll see you Sunday! 🌞🛒 #FarmersMarket #SupportLocal #MarlboroughMarkets #SundaySorted

Limrose Grove returns to the market this week with a zesty selection of lemons and limes, a limited late-season offering of feijoas, and an assortment of Lilly bulbs, including Christimas Lilies, and trees ready to plant for summer

Taylor Family Farming will be attending with fresh local cabbages, steamed, coleslaw, stir-fry, and my favourite Colcannon

Colcannon – A Winter Favourite
Traditional Irish comfort with a little extra flair

Colcannon is a classic Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage, traditionally served on Saint Patrick’s Day and the feast day of St. Brigid – but I say it deserves a spot on the table all winter long. I started making it a few years ago and have since tweaked it to my taste. Now, I reckon it’s just the best.

Start with some floury potatoes – Agria is ideal. Steam or boil until tender, then mash with a generous amount of butter. While the potatoes are cooking, steam some finely sliced cabbage until just soft but still vibrant.

In a frying pan, melt a knob of butter and sauté a finely sliced onion with one garlic clove and a chopped chilli (or half if you prefer it milder). Once everything is soft and fragrant, mix it all together – the buttery mash, the steamed cabbage, and the sautéed aromatics. Season well with salt and a good pinch of white pepper.

Serve hot. It’s hearty, flexible, and goes with just about everything. Tone it up or down to your taste – add herbs, swap the cabbage for kale, or top with crispy bacon bits. Either way, it’s comfort in a bowl.

Nelson Shroomery has been part of our market family for nearly 18 months, and anyone who’s tried growing mushrooms at scale knows just how demanding and time-consuming the job is. Yannis puts in a huge amount of effort, but mushrooms can be notoriously fickle. Rumour has it enoki might be on the way, and he's always experimenting with new ideas—his latest creation is pickled oyster mushrooms, made in collaboration with Three Cats. Below is a recipe to really showcase these nutritious and delicious fungi.

New from Homemade.Kiwi – Feijoa Powder!

This week, Alys O’Shea of Homemade.Kiwi introduces a wonderful new product – Feijoa Powder, made using beautiful organic fruit supplied by Jenny at Windsong Orchard. Packed with Vitamin C and antioxidants, feijoas are known to support immunity, help regulate blood sugar, improve blood pressure, and assist with weight management. With the season nearly over, Alys and Ron have carefully peeled, sliced, and dried the fruit so you can enjoy its benefits year-round. Come and check it out this Sunday at the market!

SharpAs Tool Tips

Pictured are two dog nail clippers brought in for sharpening.

It’s important to keep clippers like these sharp—so they cut cleanly rather than crush the nail, which can be painful for your pet.

If you have pet clippers, garden tools, woodworking or metalworking tools, kitchen utensils, knives, or other items that need sharpening, come and see me:
 Redwood Market – Saturday mornings
 Marlborough Farmers' Market – Sunday mornings
Or contact me directly at 027 444 5535.

Cheers,

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, fill in this form and send to marketmanager@marlboroughfarmersmarket.co.nz

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

Lynn Stuthridge

Market Manager

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