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25.01.2022 Dave’s Market Update This week, Dave says... Tomatoes are fantastic this week. All our snacking tomatoes, truss and in fact all tomatoes, are great quality and falling in price. Beans are great value and I must refer you to my pick of the week which is beanettes. They are the best bean you will buy anywhere in NSW. All cucumbers - especially Telegraphs mushrooms, Dutch carrots and rhubarb continue to be great value. Four items that have become cheaper this w...eek are Iceberg lettuce, coriander, broccoli and later this week, cauliflower. Look for bargains in these products over the weekend and enjoy the flush of Spring vegetables. In berries, I think blackberries and strawberries represent the best value. Sweet topless pineapples continue to be great value and Australian peaches, nectarines and grapes are all hitting their straps now and will only get better and sweeter every week. It’s a bit of an in-between time for mangoes as we come to the end of the Norther Territory fruit and Queensland is not quite ready to go. By next week, there will be more fruit available. The first lychees are in store and again, they will get better every week. David Harris Don’t miss out! Buy Dave’s weekly Market Update box now by clicking the product link! See more

25.01.2022 Dave’s Pick of the Week This week, Dave’s pick is... Blackberries! My pick this week is blackberries. Just a few years ago we only had the traditional wild varieties and the season was 4 or 5 short weeks late January to early March. Forward to today and we have fabulous sweet ,juicy plump varieties nearly twelve months of the year and blackberries are now around twenty five percent of our berry category. Many of the commercial farms now have thornless varieties which... makes the harvest far less problematic. They become more popular every year and sales will soon equal strawberry sales! They are really plentiful this week, so make sure to look for a bargain in your local HFM store. David Harris HOW TO PICK: Look for plump, firm, fully black berries. HOW TO STORE: To store blackberries, put them in a shallow container and place them in a cool spot or in the refrigerator as soon as you can after picking. Fresh blackberries are very perishable and should be eaten or frozen with two or three days of picking. Blackberries freeze well, and frozen berries can be used for making ice creams, sherbets, pies or dessert sauces. To freeze them, just arrange them in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Put the cookie sheet in the freezer for an hour or two, then pour the frozen berries into a large container. Frozen, they'll keep for as long as 10 months. See more

24.01.2022 Dave’s Market Update This week, Dave says... Mushrooms, broccoli, and cauliflowers are all much cheaper than last week and are great quality with fantastic prices. Celery, 1 kg bags of carrots, Imperfect kumera and broccolini remain well supplied and inexpensive. More Lebanese cucumbers are available, and the quality is very good. All the basics are now back to normal post the heavy rains. This week we transition from Williams pears to Packham pears. Unlike the... Williams, Packham’s take some time to ripen, particularly early in the season. I would recommend you don’t store these in the fridge until they soften and start to change colour. You will need to buy these pears about a week ahead of eating them at this stage. Apples continue to be a great option also. We are starting the new season Pink Ladies this week and we are now well into Kanzi season which have become very popular in recent years. Once again, plums are fantastic! This week we are starting our new season Flavour Fall plums which is usually the last really good plum of the year. We prefer the West Australian fruit to the Victorian fruit - it’s a little dearer but the taste difference justifies the price. There are some early mandarins available but don’t overbuy on these as they won’t keep with the rain we have had up North. Figs are good again, but the season is coming to an end. Berries are difficult this week but by next week the first of the new season blueberries from North Queensland will start. - David Harris See more

21.01.2022 Big Summer Stone fruit & Tomato checking in this afternoon to let you know that both are eating perfectly, and will gladly be the hero ingredient in your Xmas salads Tap the link below for: Mixed tomato, burrata and pangritatta salad... Grilled stone fruit, pancetta and goats cheese salad Aka two of the easiest to make, most delicious salads fit for your Chrissy table this year! Recipes: https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets

20.01.2022 a good way to forget about the fact that Work From Park: Autumnal Sun Edition didn’t work out due to a certain network outage rendering your hotspot useless, is by hand rolling some extra thicc pici - the perfect pasta to pair with an outrageous ox tail ragu creation by the one, the only Scott McComas-Williams Mmm, mmm, MmmMmMmMm! Tap the link below for the recipe Recipe: https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets

19.01.2022 Dave’s Market Update This week, Dave says... Great week for tomatoes this week! Those delicious little snacking tomatoes are now in their spring flush, so great flavour and great prices. The more traditional truss tomatoes are also very good value. All our stores have a very attractive and well priced special with new season brushed potatoes this week. Mushrooms, Dutch carrots and rhubarb are all well supplied and continue to be cheap. Iceberg lettuce and beet...root, both loose and bunched, are real value. Chinese cabbage has eased a little more and can be a tasty addition to almost any meal. It’s also a great week for bananas at Harris Farm this week. Quality and price are both great and this is always a good time of year for bananas, with the weather not too hot and not too cold in the growing areas. It’s a bit tricky with berries as we are in between growing between areas on raspberries and strawberries. Both are a bit weather affected this week and so I would recommend blackberries as the pick of the berries this week. Navel oranges are coming to an end and imported fruit is not very good yet so it’s Aussie summer Valencia’s for me for the near future. We have some very good eating and well-priced rockmelons in our stores this week and large topless pines are also really good value. The mango quality is improving as we source most of our fruit from Katherine not Darwin which has had heavy rain recently. - David Harris Purchase Dave’s weekly market update box by clicking the product tag now!

19.01.2022 NBD, just the most magnificent berry cherry cheesecake you’ve probably ever seen If I reincarnated as a berry ( !!) and didn’t make it into a Joel Bennetts cheesecake creation... Hoo boy! The upset would be real Tap the link below for this GF berrycherryBB pronto!! ... Recipe https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets Recipe & pics by Joel Bennetts

19.01.2022 Well HELLO Brissy! Today we opened our doors again - after 30 years - back at Clayfield Markets! We are so excited to be back, and hope that our Clayfield store will be your one-stop shop within which to find Queensland’s best fruit and veg ... We have tomatoes for days, and of all sorts, shapes and sizes! There's an organic fruit & veg section like no other, beaut strawberries and glorious golden mangoes. Our in store offering comes from more than 300 Queensland growers, producers and creators - so keep your eyes peeled .... think Roza’s Gourmet, Barambah Organics, Maleny Dairies, Hobbs Family Farms organic free-range chicken, and many more. The wonderful past owners Carlo and Susan are staying on as managers, and alongside our team at Clayfield, they’ll bring to life the Greater Goodness Can’t wait to see you from today at 823 Sandgate Road, Clayfield See more

17.01.2022 There are exactly 7 days, 4 hours, 56 mins and 16 seconds til Christmas, and we are here to alert you to the fact that it’s OFFICIALLY glaze a ham with ya Nan season The mark of a great Chrissy ham is if you can see yourself in the reflection of the glaze, and we can confirm that with this recipe, this is definitely the case Swipe for a glamourise table pic surprise! Tap the link below for this showstopper recipe, ASAP! ... https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets

16.01.2022 Dave’s Market Update This week, Dave says... We are now in full swing with Valencia oranges, which are picked fresh and sent to market. Any navels you may come across now will be stored fruit, they may be good or they may not. The Valencia’s of course have lots of seeds, that’s just how they are. Topless pineapples and bananas continue to be very well supplied and inexpensive. Stonefruit is interesting; heavy rains ruined many of the early cherries, however I h...ave seen some very good 2kg boxes in our stores this week. Apricots are the best I have seen for this early in the season. Peaches and nectarines are being heavily promoted by the chain stores but in my view are not quite there yet, look to next week for bigger sweeter fruit. Our grapes are now all Australian however some other retailers still have imported fruit which like me are getting a bit long in the tooth. The apple season is virtually over, a few good pink Ladies still around but its time now to think about grapes, mangoes... Again there is a multitude of fabulous vegetables available this week. All tomatoes are fabulous quality and inexpensive. My pick of the tomatoes this week are the cherry truss; superb flavour and half last week’s price. Mushrooms, Dutch carrots, Rhubarb and zucchini are all still inexpensive again. Baby broccoli, cauliflowers and broccoli are all great bargains this week. The choices are there and the growing conditions remain perfect. Enjoy the feast! David Harris Get Dave’s weekly Market Update box delivered for $60 by clicking the product tag See more

15.01.2022 Dave’s Market Update This week, Dave says... ‘We have an abundance of fabulous tomatoes this week, especially truss, Tomberry tomatoes and yellow snacking tomatoes. The hot weather has led to lower prices especially in the cauliflower, zucchini and broccoli categories. Beans, beanettes, leeks and rhubarb are all easing as well. Mushrooms and rhubarb continues to be very good value and we are enjoying a decent price fall in corn. Berries and mangoes continue to b...e a little undersupplied. Quality cherries have had a little more rain than is ideal so it may be mid next week before supply returns to normal. Grapes, both red and white are still coming from Queensland. Normally I don’t get too excited about these early Queensland grapes however this year, they are quite a decent product and fairly priced. Australian Valencia oranges, most melons and bananas are all excellent quality and well supplied. The peaches and nectarines available this week are genuinely worth eating and will get better every week. With the hot weather this week, I don’t think you can go past the excellent quality, well priced seedless melon now in store. David Harris Get Dave’s weekly Market Update box delivered for $70 by clicking the picture! See more

14.01.2022 Dave’s Pick of the Week This week, Dave has two picks... Limes and lemons! My picks for this week are lemons and limes. Easter means seafood for many of us and all seafood dishes are better with lemons and/or limes! Both are flushing into the markets this week. Limes have dropped markedly in price and lemons (especially Imperfects) are about as cheap as they can get. Both store very well in the fridge so stock up for Easter and a bit beyond with these low prices ...and fantastic quality. - David Harris HOW TO PICK Choose plump, bright lemons and limes that are heavy for their size. HOW TO STOREStore at room temperature for one week, or in the fridge for up to two weeks. See more

13.01.2022 Dave’s Pick of the Week This week, Dave’s pick is... Lychees! My pick this week is lychees. There are many different varieties of lychees and while they all look similar, they are actually not. The varieties we are selling you are very unlikely to be found in the major supermarkets. They are low yielding, small seed varieties that are grown in very limited quantities for the specialty market. They cost around double what we refer to as the 'supermarket varieties' ...which are purely grown for yield and hence sell price. When comparing these varieties, our fruit has a far smaller seed and most of the sell price difference revolves around the fact that you are buying more edible flesh and instead of a gigantic seed. They are sweeter and better to eat than the more common, old fashioned varieties and we will have a great range of these in 1 and 2 kg boxes leading up to Christmas. - David Harris HOW TO PICK Most lychee varieties are ripe when the skin turns pink or red. Once picked, lychees do not continue to ripen. Choose fruit that is firm and springy, with lush red or pink skin. HOW TO STORE Store these in a bag and keep them in the refrigerator until you intend to eat them. They are best eaten within a week of purchasing. See more

12.01.2022 Hey it’s Tuesday and we think you deserve something special, so we organised a Joel Bennetts recipe for yr feed Click the link below IMMEDIATELY for this green bean stew, turmeric and cauli salad with flaked trout! Recipe: https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets

12.01.2022 Dave’s Market Update This week, Dave says... We are looking at a very good Christmas with stone fruit. As always, we try to offer our customers options over Christmas with lines of fruit by the case or tray and that tradition will continue this year. Peaches and nectarines are both eating well and will be on offer. Probably our most popular lines by the case are mangoes, cherries and lychees. A lot of cherries have been picked ahead of the rain and we w...ill have a cheaper 2 kg option from Victoria and some premium 2 kg options from the first Tasmanian fruit. For those who want the best of the best, look at our 1 kg super premium offer. In lychees, the small seed varieties, which are also the best eating, are in high demand and won't be cheap but they are really good. We should have both 1 and 2 kg boxes of this fruit. In mangoes, we will have 2 lines: our traditional $20.00 line and then a dearer, premium large line. These will both be KPs from Queensland. Honey Golds will be in between crops and though available on the stack, we probably won't have tray options with them. There will also be some very good apricots, though the best of these will be on the stacks. In berries, blueberries are suffering from heavy rain in northern NSW but at this stage, there looks to be plenty of raspberries coming. Avocadoes are dear and scarce, particularly the west Australian fruit which is the better eating of the crop. We would aim to have all these options right up to Christmas Eve but as always, there will be some items unavailable as we get close to the 24th of December. Christmas is always a bit hard to pick. I am going to buy a few tomatoes for home this week, the prices on truss, Sampari and yellow snacking must firm up as the week goes on. Our red capsicums are still very reasonable, as are the 1 kg bags of carrots. As always, demand exceeds supply in Christmas week and almost anything can and does happen! - David Harris You can pick up Dave’s weekly Market update in box form, delivered to your door from our online store! Click the picture to order! See more

12.01.2022 Dave’s Pick of the Week This week, Dave’s pick is... Broccoli! My pick this week is broccoli. Prices have halved in a week due to Increased quantities from Tasmania and Victoria. The quality is excellent and the price very attractive. It’s great to have a staple veg like this one that’s within everyone’s budget! - David Harris HOW TO PICK... Choose broccoli heads with tight, green florets and firm stalks. The broccoli should feel heavy for its size. The cut ends of the stalks should be fresh and moist looking. Avoid broccoli with dried out or browning stem ends or yellowing florets. HOW TO STORETo store fresh broccoli, mist unwashed heads, wrap loosely with paper towels, and keep it in the refrigerator. This will help to keep broccoli fresh for at least two or three days. If you need to store broccoli for longer than a few days, you will need to cut your broccoli into small pieces, blanch it and freeze it. See more

11.01.2022 Well HELLO Brissy! Today we opened our doors again - after 30 years - back at Clayfield Markets! We are so excited to be back, and hope that our Clayfield store will be your one-stop shop within which to find Queensland’s best fruit and veg ... We have tomatoes for days, and of all sorts, shapes and sizes! There's an organic fruit & veg section like no other, beaut strawberries and glorious golden mangoes. Our in store offering comes from more than 300 Queensland growers, producers and creators - so keep your eyes peeled .... think Roza’s Gourmet, Barambah Organics, Maleny Dairies, Hobbs Family Farms organic free-range chicken, and many more. The wonderful past owners Carlo and Susan are staying on as managers, and alongside our team at Clayfield, they’ll bring to life the Greater Goodness Can’t wait to see you from today at 823 Sandgate Road, Clayfield See more

11.01.2022 Dave’s Pick of the Week This week, Dave’s pick is... Basil! A fabulous herb that is annual; there are many different varieties, the green being the most common. Basil loves warmer weather to grow and so becomes plentiful in late spring and early summer. An absolute essential in Italian cooking! Best results come from adding the herb towards the end of the cooking process. Basil is on special at all Harris Farm stores this week. - David Harris HOW TO PICK... When buying fresh basil, look for bright green leaves that are not browning or dried on the edges. HOW TO STORE Pick the leaves off the stems and lay them in a single layer on paper towel. Roll up the towel around the leaves and put the roll in a plastic bag. This method keeps the leaves hydrated but not wet or damp. See more

10.01.2022 Say a big ‘NO’ to bingeing The Queen’s Gambit tonight and instead, spend your evening searching your kitchen for the melon baller you purchased in the summer of 2015 You’re gonna need it this weekend to make The Polka Dotter’s Mango and Passionfruit Curd Mini Pavlovas You know the drill! Click the link below for the recipe! Recipe https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets... Photography, styling & recipe by The Polka Dotter See more

09.01.2022 Psssst! We are live for the first time ever with a click frenzy sale, which means the following for you: a) you get to Save up to 20% off your weekly shop PLUS get access to more cracker deals and superb specials online b) you can sit back & relax whilst we do your grocery shopping for you this week ... Click the link below to join in, and hurry! It ends soon! SHOP NOW https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets *T&C’s apply

07.01.2022 a very cute mindfulness activity you can do !! right now !! is to pretend you are a perfectly poached apple chunk, safe and securely wrapped up inside of a Simmer and Boyle custardy fry pie This is a seriously delectable recipe for those of you sat there thinking gee I didn’t indulge enough over the Easter long weekend Tap the link below to grab the recipe now! Recipe: https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets

06.01.2022 Dave’s Pick of the Week This week, Dave’s pick is... Lychees! My pick this week is lychees. There are many different varieties of lychees and while they all look similar, they are actually not. The varieties we are selling you are very unlikely to be found in the major supermarkets. They are low yielding, small seed varieties that are grown in very limited quantities for the specialty market. They cost around double what we refer to as the 'supermarket varieties' ...which are purely grown for yield and hence sell price. When comparing these varieties, our fruit has a far smaller seed and most of the sell price difference revolves around the fact that you are buying more edible flesh and instead of a gigantic seed. They are sweeter and better to eat than the more common, old fashioned varieties and we will have a great range of these in 1 and 2 kg boxes leading up to Christmas. - David Harris HOW TO PICK Most lychee varieties are ripe when the skin turns pink or red. Once picked, lychees do not continue to ripen. Choose fruit that is firm and springy, with lush red or pink skin. HOW TO STORE Store these in a bag and keep them in the refrigerator until you intend to eat them. They are best eaten within a week of purchasing. See more

06.01.2022 Dave’s Market Update This week, Dave says... We are looking at a very good Christmas with stone fruit. As always, we try to offer our customers options over Christmas with lines of fruit by the case or tray and that tradition will continue this year. Peaches and nectarines are both eating well and will be on offer. Probably our most popular lines by the case are mangoes, cherries and lychees. A lot of cherries have been picked ahead of the rain and we w...ill have a cheaper 2 kg option from Victoria and some premium 2 kg options from the first Tasmanian fruit. For those who want the best of the best, look at our 1 kg super premium offer. In lychees, the small seed varieties, which are also the best eating, are in high demand and won't be cheap but they are really good. We should have both 1 and 2 kg boxes of this fruit. In mangoes, we will have 2 lines: our traditional $20.00 line and then a dearer, premium large line. These will both be KPs from Queensland. Honey Golds will be in between crops and though available on the stack, we probably won't have tray options with them. There will also be some very good apricots, though the best of these will be on the stacks. In berries, blueberries are suffering from heavy rain in northern NSW but at this stage, there looks to be plenty of raspberries coming. Avocadoes are dear and scarce, particularly the west Australian fruit which is the better eating of the crop. We would aim to have all these options right up to Christmas Eve but as always, there will be some items unavailable as we get close to the 24th of December. Christmas is always a bit hard to pick. I am going to buy a few tomatoes for home this week, the prices on truss, Sampari and yellow snacking must firm up as the week goes on. Our red capsicums are still very reasonable, as are the 1 kg bags of carrots. As always, demand exceeds supply in Christmas week and almost anything can and does happen! - David Harris You can pick up Dave’s weekly Market update in box form, delivered to your door from our online store! Click the picture to order! See more

06.01.2022 Good morning to The Nutty Gritty’s Calypso mango, shredded coconut and lime rice pudding and to The Nutty Gritty’s Calypso mango, shredded coconut and lime rice pudding only!! Yes, two mango recipes in a row bc you deserve it, obvy Hit the link below el pronto for the recipe!... RECIPE https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets Recipe by The Nutty Gritty, photography and styling by Bonnie Coumbe

05.01.2022 Slidin into yr feed this arvo to remind you that trout sides exist, and when topped with homemade herby labneh, dill fronds and capers, take on special mid week dinner powers Click the link below for the recipe! RECIPE: https://linkin.bio/harrisfarmmarkets... Recipe, photography and styling by Bonnie Coumbe See more

03.01.2022 Dave’s Pick of the Week This week, Dave’s pick is... Beanettes! My product of the week is beanettes. At the moment, we only sell these in a tray, and they are by far the best bean we sell. At this time of the year, the very best beanettes in store are grown for us by the Mitchison family from the Manning river near Taree. Beanette is a made-up name now used to describe any baby beans which are of the smaller varieties of green beans. So, it comes down to the indiv...idual grower as to what beanettes you actually get. The bean our grower has was originally imported from the USA but bred in Holland and is such an extraordinary product that when they are available, they are the only bean I take home. They are not cheap but a four-dollar packet will feed three or possibly four people so at a dollar a head per serve, these are great value and a great product. There is only one grower of this product and that farmer currently has stock. However, some weeks we will run out, particularly on the weekend but we won’t substitute these for a lesser product whilst they are in season and available. David Harris HOW TO PICK Pick the beans with a vibrant bright green colour, avoid darker looking beans and beans with blemishes or large swollen pods. Fresh beans of good quality should be slim and crisp, and should snap when broken. HOW TO STORE Store unwashed, in a plastic bag in the fridge or crisper, and use within 4 days. See more