Plenty of biodynamic produce in the boxes this week - green capsicum, snow peas, spring onion all from Vic bd growers.

Our second last week for the year, before we take a break - closing December 21 and opening again January 16th.

Eat well,
Graham

PS. Choose from one of our box selection, and let us know your “no list”; or make one of your own by choosing the vegetables and fruit you prefer.

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THIS WEEKS SEASONAL BOXES

The MIXED Food Box contains a selection of:

carrots, onions, potato, beetroot, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, capsicum, eggplant, cucumber, zucchini, tomato, snow peas, spring onion, kale, lettuce, apples, apricots, banana, oranges, nectarines, peach, mango

The VICTORIAN Food Box contains a selection of:

carrots, beetroot, snow peas, capsicum, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, tomato, zucchini, fennel, spring onion, lettuce, kale, apples, oranges, apricot, nectarines, peaches, avocado

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THIS WEEKS PRODUCE

New season biodynamic GREEN CAPSICUM begins this week, picked in Mildura from Mack biodynamic growers. Still a little early for red caps but wont be too long.

CARROTS are pretty short at the moment - we will have them this week, but may be excluded from next week's boxes.

The weather up north a couple months ago has caused disruption with carrots and POTATO, which has consequently put pressure on local crops. So it could be a lean Christmas for both.

This week we do have the last of DUTCH CREAM, plenty of SEBAGO and some CHATS also to keep us going.

MUSHROOM from Diggers Rest haven’t been great the last couple of weeks - struggling in the humidity - our pick would be the Swiss Browns, they seem to be doing better than the Whites.

SWEET POTATO are also hard to get - this week we’ve been given more assurances (again) that they’ll be coming down for packing day. I’ll be checking with them later today (Monday) and hoping for good news.

Plenty of green CABBAGE - this week's pick is from down near Pakenham - nice sized heads, and in boxes in quarters.

Biodynamic SNOW PEAS start now from Inverleigh near Geelong - excellent eating, and excellent value - also great value on Darren's biodynamic SALAD MIX, which are the salad greens for this week's boxes.

SPRING ONION also nice value this week - coming from growers in Gippsland and Inverleigh.

New season BASIL starts this week, with a pick coming up from Monbulk.

APPLES starting to toughen up a little near the end of the season - Golden Delicious and Pink Lady from Red Hill probably the best of them, although softer than the start of the season.

Looks to be MANGO coming for Christmas, which is a good sign for the rest of the season.

Daylesford STRAWBERRIES coming direct from Adam - $6.90 a punnet.

And Mildura AVOCADO (small) are 3 for $5.

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THIS WEEKS SEASONAL RECIPES

Braised Cabbage with Spring Onions
Whole roasted cauliflower with cheddar and spring onion sauce

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