On Tuesday 7th July 2009 we were very excited to receive confirmation of organic certification for our Mushroom Growing operation. This has been a huge challenge that has taken years! We are continually building up our expertise on growing organic mushrooms in a commercial quantity and gaining organic certification has been a priority for a couple of years now to enable us to add them to our list of certified organic produce that we provide to our customers.

We have at last accomplished the first step in our vision and even though our operation is still very small in comparison to large conventional mushroom growers we look forward to expanding production as soon as funds become available. Perhaps one day we will be able to make a bigger contribution to alleviate the huge short supply of certified organic mushrooms that has been experienced in Sydney in recent years.

There have been so many pitfalls and frustrating delays in all aspects of the process, it is great to at last have achieved the first step of our vision. Our farm on The Central Coast is only 78km’s from Sydney CBD so delivery of fresh picked organic mushrooms will be a delight for our customers to look forward to. We aim for our customers to be able to buy fresh locally produced certified organic mushrooms that were picked the day before their purchase so as to maximise the benefit to them of all the wonderful qualities organic mushrooms have to offer.

Jean and Alan MacLeod (Trading as Tuckerflora) work closely with Michael and supply the Eveliegh markets with delicious avacados and mushrooms.

ABN 84 786 354 526

Certified A Grade Organic Registered Producer No 783 OGA

130 HALLARDS ROAD : CENTRAL MANGROVE NSW 2250

Phone: (02) 4373 1387 – Mobile: 0418 978 547 – Fax: (02) 4373 1440

email – macleod@idl.net.au

The season for Valencia oranges has ended, but luckily Navels are here to stay: they’ll be with us until at least December.

Michael will be at Eveleigh Farmers’ Markets as usual this Saturday, with a stall full of local fruit & vege, picked fresh the day before.

The full stock list:

Salad Greens: Mizuna, Red Elk Mustard, Rocket bunches, cima de rapa, Lettuce (baby cos, small iceberg, fancy)

Citrus: Lemonades, Lemons, Limes, Orange Juice, Oranges, new season navels

Bagged salads: Nettles; Mesclun mix; Spicy mix; Wild rocket; Rocket & Baby Spinach; Red-ribbed spinach; Baby English spinach.

Vegetables: Beans – Italian Heirloom ‘Roman’, Bok Choi, Cherry toms, Cucumbers, Fennel, Kale (Scotch & Tuscan,  ‘Cavalo Nero’), Leeks (bunched baby & single), Shelling Peas, Pine mushrooms, Pumpkin, Rhubarb, Shallots, Silverbeet, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Tat Soi, Roma, Truss & Round Tomatoes, Zucchini

As usual we will have stock of free-range eggs (which are moving towards organic certification), and a range of herbs (including bay, sage, rosemary, thyme, dill, chives, coriander and both flat and curly parsely).