by Lee | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how was your week? It’s dryzabone here, we have been using over head sprinklers to dampen the ground just to plough up, and the wind isn’t helping keep the moisture in the ground. Nothing new this week but it is the last week for the...
by Lee | Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
1 grapefruit, cut into supremes over a bowl (see discussion above) 1 ripe avocado, cubed or sliced 1/4 red onion, sliced paper thin 1/4 c. best quality extra virgin olive oil 1/2 t. kosher salt 1 t. prepared dijon mustard (like Grey Poupon) black salt and black pepper...
by Lee | Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, this week we were ploughing up some more beds and the dry weather was a really evident with the ground taking three passes to turn up usable. We have also had our first fire scare, not so much for our farm but for the area, as a properties burn...
by Lee | Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how are we all this week, we got our first proper rainfall in 2 months this week, and apart from a fallen tree it has done a world of good. We have some more lemonades this week, the little rippers won’t last long so be in early for them....
by Lee | Aug 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, it’s been another windy week, I’m hopping that there is not as windy tomorrow as it was last week. We do have an exciting produce starting this week, our organic hass avocados have had their first pick, and we will have them on the...
by Lee | Aug 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone hope your all sill here and not been blown away. Today was one of those days where I did not hit my stride, struggled do get motivation and as an effect I did not Finnish till 6:30. We did manage to avoid the huge amounts of rain on the farm but...
by Lee | Aug 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, I’ve had a pretty non eventful week this week as my son was crook one day and I spent the next day driving up to Patterson and then had the next day off so all up I worked two and a half days. Luckily I’m not the only person working...
by Lee | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how has your week been, a bit slower this week getting things organised for spring cropping. I’m trying to make this a quick blog tonight as I’m a bit late, was trying to show Michael a quicker way of packing. This week we have some...
by Lee | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how was your week, really nice up here except for the chilli starts, had 2 frosts the last 2 days with this morning a fresh 1 degree. We will have some shelling peas this week, not many I’m afraid but hopefully more coming. They are super...
by Lee | Jul 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. It’s been a very busy week again so I’m writing or typing this on Thursday. This week we’ll have nothing new again so this week I am going to do some sprucking, some of our produce that often get good wraps by you or other...
by Lee | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone and how are you all this week. Sorry to everyone who gets this blog emailed to them as I have missed the dead line again, and probably will next week too. This will be a boring blog this week as there is nothing new, and I haven’t had time...
by Lee | Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how has your week been. Mine has been really busy as Michael has taken some time off and left the farm in my capable hands, and no the farm hasn’t burnt down but thanks for asking. It will only be a short blog as I have just got home from a...
by Lee | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone how was your week? I’m not too sure how it was on the farm as I was away until today, but today was very windy. I’m personally not a fan of the wind as it does no good for anything. We are very proud to announce that we are in the...
by Lee | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, hope you all enjoyed the long weekend, I didn’t end up getting away like I wanted to but there will always be next long weekend. There is nothing new this week, and the produce is growing slower and slower, we have more nettles this week to...
by Lee | Jun 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone it’s been a mixed week with the weather, I’m glad to say that we didn’t get slot from the storm that was predicted, and the sun has come out, although with not much heat, for the long weekend. This week we have a few new things....
by Lee | Jun 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how has your week been, we’ve been busy getting more land prepared for the winter crops. We have some photos on our facebook page of some ground being ploughed. We have yellow Tamarillos this week along with the red ones. The yellow ones...
by Lee | May 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, we got the rain we needed this week and we are back on track with our planting. I’m happy to say that we have our organic mushrooms back. They are beautiful and the only organic mushrooms available at the markets. And yes they are...
by Lee | May 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, loving the weather this week, cool mornings and warm days. We had our first frost this week, not a big one though. We will have the first pick of the navel oranges this week, sign of winter is here. We also have some baby carrots, nice and sweet...
by Lee | May 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how good is this late summer weather. I’ve been watching the radar maps and the low over SA is on it’s way so enjoy the heat while you can. We have our massy gem shelling peas starting this week and they are so sweet and juicy and in...
by Lee | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, it’s been a busy week getting all our seedlings in the ground. It’s starting to get real cold at nights too, won’t be long and we’ll have a frost. Our produce is looking extra good this week, with coriander being added to...
by Lee | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how’s your week been. Having a public holiday in the middle of the week is a great idea, I hope everyone took some time out of the day to remember those who have fought for and still are fighting under our flag. If you have liked our...
by Lee | Apr 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, I hope this blog works as I am using a iPad app and not sure how this works. Well I don’t think I need to tell you how wet it was this week. So wet I took a day off and had to tow cars out of flooded roads. We also had all our seedling...
by Lee | Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how has your second 4 day week in a row going. I had all week off but it was due to an illness, not the funnest week off i’ve had, but don’t worry i’m alot better and will be at Taylor Sq on Saturday. I don’t think there...
by Lee | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone and happy Easter. I hope everyone enjoys and has a safe long weekend. It is the first Easter i can remember being dry in a while, but i hope you all haven’t gone away and can come down to the markets tomorrow. This week we have all our...
by Lee | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, we got 2 beds planted this week so hopefully with some good weather we will be back to our regular farming cycles. Some good news we have our salads back and are looking beautiful, along with a much better crop of feijoas, (No fruit fly). Making...
by Lee | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, what a good week, i don’t know about you but im loving the weather. The last few blogs have been kinda short and that is because the weather has hampered the growing severely, this week we have no salad mix and the only whole lettuce we...
by Lee | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how good is this summer weather, too bad summer has passed, anyway i’m glad to announce that we will be at both taylor sq and everligh markets this weekend. We will have tamarillos or tree tomatoes. The fruit is eaten by scooping the flesh...
by Lee | Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone hope you all survived the storms on Thursday. The rain is still causing havoc up on the farm with everything struggling to grow. We have more corn this week and i hope the crop will last till the next one, and we have a new crop of Romano Beans,...
by Lee | Mar 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how has this week been. I actually took 2 days off in a row, it also happened to be the 2 sunniest days this week. New this week we have green and yellow squash, no the green ones aren’t unripe squash but a heritage variety. These are...
by Lee | Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. How good has this week been, a full week of sun and we finally got our seedlings so that we can get back to normal farming, (what ever that is). We have a bit of a special surprise this week. Bunya nuts and warrigal greens, bit of a bush tucker...
by Lee | Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Gday everyone, how has your week been, we’ve been enjoying the sun this week as they say its not going to last for long. We did have a bit of an up and down week as we were ready to plant some new seedlings but the supplier couldn’t deliver till next week...
by Lee | Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. Firstly this week i would like to thank all of you that have written comments back to me, i do read them just not sure how to get them on to the blog for everyone to read. i will talk to Alice Champion as she set up this blog page. We are very...
by Lee | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, well not including today we had 100mm of rain, too wet for anything, but the weather man said it’s clearing. You will need to get in early if you want duck eggs as the ducks are molting and slow down laying, it is also last week or two of...
by Lee | Jan 27, 2012 | Eveleigh Market, Farm, Product, Taylor Square
G’day everyone, how was your Australia day, i hope it was good considering the weather. Its been a big day today so i am going to keep it short. Its been a wet week for us, too much rain means (yes again) the lettuce is suffering, so the whole fancy lettuce is...
by Lee | Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, hope you all had a nice week. We have been trying out using the face book site more this week, look up champion mountain organics and click the like button, then you can have your say, ask a question, or even ask us to bring something you want in...
by Lee | Jan 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
G’day all and welcome to 2012. Hope you all had a safe and enjoyable holiday. Were starting off this year at Sydney Sustainable Markets at Taylor Square this saturday, so any Everligh customers please come over and see me (Lee) at Taylor Square on Oxford st and...
by Lee | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. Well like all good things they must come to an end, and that includes this year. Its gone too quick. There is no new produce this week, but we do have, (thanks to the weather) some baby lettuce. These have formed shape without growing to full...
by Alice | Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and valued customers, Well, you have all experienced the atrocious weather over the last few months and believe me it has been a very trying time producing enough to come to market each week. This week was no exception. Sunday morning was brilliant and I...
by Lee | Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. 4 days without rain is what we have been promised, 2 down lets hope they don’t break their promise. We had local flooding in our area, not what anyone needs before christmas. Hope you all were ok. First this week i know this is our second...
by Lee | Dec 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. Well it is officially the coldest start to summer in 51 years, and if it continues to next week it will be the coldest start to summer since 1936, which makes it hard to know when and what to plant. Once again not much whole lettuce and our...
by Lee | Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, hows your week been? I think i speak for everyone when i say we’re over the rain. Not as much as last week but enough to make it a long week. I would like to thank all the faithful people that turned up last week even though the weather was...
by Lee | Nov 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, on monday i was listening to a weather report on the abc radio and they said an estimate of 50mm of rain by friday, i wasn’t looking forward to that but when we had 50mm by wednesday i knew we were in trouble. We are past saturation point...
by Lee | Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, Again the weather is all over the place, hot and humid then wet and cold, we knew the rain was coming but when was any ones guess. Tomorrow we will have the last of the Chioggia beetroot, for a while, but we have the Detroit beetroot which is the...
by Lee | Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. What a week its been, its warming up. Nothing new this week but last week i didnt put all the new lines in the blog so we have red salad onions, these are red onions picked early so that they have a sweeter taste. Zucchinis have just started as...
by Lee | Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. Today has been a big day, we have had a student from an American college working with us the last 2 days, Sarah, she is studding sustainability and focused on organic farming close to cities. She was a good student and we wish her all the best...
by Lee | Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, how are we all this week, hope you all stayed dry and out of the rain. I’ve been promised that the rain wont come on saturday till after we pack up, so don’t get scared by the weather report and come out and see us. Scapes are new...
by Lee | Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. How good was this week. Great weather the beans and tomatoes plants have made a move for the sky this week. talking about hot weather a summer salad would be in order and at Taylor Square this week we have some very special eggs, a new batch have...
by Lee | Oct 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. How are we this week. First i would like to appologise for not writing a blog last week, i was on holidays and didn’t get a chance to do one as i had planed. First off the ranks, no grape fruit, blood oranges, they have finished. A lot of...
by Lee | Sep 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, what weird weather we’ve had this week, hpe you all were out of the wind and rain when it came. The exciting news for this week (a superise for people that will turn up this long weekend), is that we started to pull our garlic, not a lot...
by Lee | Sep 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. How good was this week. Nice warm weather and cool nights, great to live in not so good for some of te vegies though, nether the less this weeks vegies are looking the best we have had for a long time, and as always tasting great. We have our...
by admin | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yes we have finally caught up with the 20th century and have our very own Champion’s Mountain Organics Facebook and Twitter pages! 🙂 If we all ask nicely we might even be able to persuade Lee to start twittering short market updates over @ChampMtOrganics. Got a...
by Lee | Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, This week is the last week for Seville oranges but that does mean spring has started so salads and greens are going to be a great lots of great salads and lettuce as usual! the Cavalo Nero is tops too. don’t forget our fresh blood orange...
by Lee | Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, This week has really helped things grow, the salad mixes and whole lettuce are looking great, Leeks are still 1st class and the citrus is really sweet. We have tangelos which are a hybrid between a tangerine and either a pomelo or a grapefruit,...
by Lee | Aug 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day Everyone. This week we have some our peas back, and some new seeds for the coming of spring for all those green thumbs, we also have the best looking and tasting leeks around. They were slow to grow this winter but are looking better then ever right now....
by Lee | Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone, this week we have 2 fruits seasons start, Blood Oranges and Avocados. Yep the 2 most popular fruits we sell are in, We have also made some mouth watering Blood Orange juice, the only down side is that there are a small number of trees so the...
by Lee | Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. There is nothing new this week, but a few things are finished for now, mushrooms unfortunately have ceased till further notice, clementines have also run out for the year. We do have lots of emperor mandarins and Seville oranges to make your own...
by Lee | Aug 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day, how are we all, we enjoyed the sun this week and didn’t we need it, we have our chioggia (candy stripe) beet root back, not in big numbers so get in early, also the first Seville oranges for all you that like to make your own marmalade here is a...
by Lee | Jul 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day or kiorra as it is said over here, So the weather im told hasn’t been all that good back in aus. So the same things will still be in short supply, get in early and grab the best produce before it disappears . This seemed to be an australia wide issue...
by Lee | Jul 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
G’day everyone. What a week, we have had our fair share of rain, Leafy greens are still in short supply and will be until the weather pick up. New this week are Emperor Mandarins, these are as fresh as you’ll get anywhere. We also still have Myer lemons...
by Lee | Jul 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone my name is Lee and im a grower with Champion Mountain Organics and i will be writing a blog each friday to let you know briefly whats happening on the farm. This week things are still going slow with the undesirable weather we have had since easter, this...
by Alice | Apr 22, 2011 | Eveleigh Market, Farm, Product, Taylor Square
Pine Mushroom (Lactarius deliciosus) Lactarius deliciosus, commonly known as the Saffron milk cap or Red pine mushroom is the one of the best known members of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Pine mushrooms get their name because they...
by Alice | Nov 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Michael was recently interviewed on Sydney Green Sheet (an environmental blog) on the topic of problems facing the Organic industry in Australia. Here is the...
by Alice | Jun 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
There is a new, sustainability-oriented and local market at Taylor Square each week. It is be open to the public from 8 am to 1pm each Saturday Morning. This market is unlike all the others ‘mushrooming’ around Sydney in that the organisers’ major aim to to attract...
by Alice | Feb 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
This coming Saturday we won’t be at Eveleigh Markets. Some pretty ordinary weather we had several weeks ago has caught up with us, meaning we’ve had a shortage of product, and won’t be able to make up enough for a stall. Just one of those things that...
by Alice | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Just a reminder that after our short break over Christmas, the weekly Eveleigh Farmers’ Market will be returning tomorrow, the 16th of January. Despite Michael’s best efforts, the Baby English Spinach has lived up to its reputation of being very difficult to raise in...
by Alice | Sep 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here is a scan of a recent Express Advocate, Central Coast News article featuring Michael. It referenced his recent appearance at the Food Fairness Forums. (Click to the image to see it...
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by Alice | Sep 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
We have some special additions to our market stall this Saturday: corn salad or mache lettuce. We have been using some of the leaves in our salads recently, and after an enquiry by a customer last Saturday have decided to bring some along this week to try out. Mache...
by Alice | Sep 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
We thought it would be nice to introduce you to the gang who run our Eveleigh Market stall each Saturday, so who better to start with than Katie! Katie, also known as the Pierogi Princess, has become quite a celebrity at Eveleigh Markets… so much so that many of our...
by Alice | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Summer has come on very fast this year, and a lot of things are going straight to seed. Last week in particular, our cold winter days mixed with hot summer temperatures made a lot of our winter vegies – bok choi, lettuce and cime di rapa for instance – very...
by Alice | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today Champion’s Mountain Organics features in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Living section. The story even got the cover picture on the print magazine, so look out for it (we haven’t got a copy yet!). Michael was interviewed for the story on “Weeds” and their...
by Alice | Aug 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Anthony Wallis from famous Colo River farm has always supplied Champion’s Mountain Organics with his oranges. Right now we are getting a good supplying of perfect Navels. Anthony’s oranges have been left on the tree up to a month longer than the oranges you will find...
by Alice | Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
We get lots of questions about our Kale each week at Eveleigh Farmers’ Market. Cavalo Nero which literally translates as “black cabbage” from Italian, has many other names including: Tuscan Kale, Lacinato or Lacinto Kale, and my favourite, Dinosaur Kale (common name...
by Alice | Aug 13, 2009 | Eveleigh Market
The Meyer lemon is a citrus fruit, native to China, thought to be a cross between a true lemon and a mandarin orange or sweet orange. If you like the tang of lemons, but not the pucker, Meyer lemons are for you. They are not nearly as tart as regular lemons, and their...
by Alice | Aug 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Michael’s first blood oranges of the season made a fantastically ruby red juice last Saturday at the markets, unlike some commercially available organic blood orange juice. We sold out well before the end of the market, with some people walking off with as many...
by Alice | Aug 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
For a couple of weeks now we have been pleased to sell some fantastic marmalade, made from the produce we sell on the stall by one of our most loyal customers. The cumquat has been running out the door, so there are now two sizes – a large jar for $12 and small...
by Alice | Jul 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
We will be at the market as usual with all our usual yummy, fresh, and low-carbon-footprint (local) food. Recent highlights have been, of course, the new organic mushrooms. Ranging from button to cup, all are incredibly tasty. Just ask the girls working on the stall...
by Alice | Jul 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday 7th July 2009 we were excited to pick our first Avocados for sale this season. This is about 4 weeks ahead of last year’s first pick which was in August. Avocados from our area on the Central Coast (only 78km’s from Sydney CBD) would have to be the first...
by Alice | Jun 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
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...
by Alice | Jun 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
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...
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