Frequently asked questions
Q: Where can I buy your produce?
A: You can find our produce at these locations:
- Matakana Village Farmer's Market most Saturdays (except our Autumn break).
- You can pre-order for market pickups (ordering details below)
- Fruitworld Silverdale
- OMG Silverdale
- www.ooooby.co.nz
- The Superette, Omaha Beach
- Matakana Smokehouse Shopette
Q: How do I pre-order for pickup from the Matakana Village Farmer's Market?
A: You can pre-order on the home page of our website. Click on 'pre-order for pickup from market' (message changes if the shop is shut). Order before Thursday mid-night to pickup on Saturday. After ordering, you will receive an email order confirmation. If you don't receive an email, please check your spam or promotions folder.
Q: Why have you closed your home-delivery service?
A: We aim to operate more local to our farm; use less fuel and be more time efficient. We needed our home-delivery service during the covid years when the farmer's market was closed. Selling our produce at the market and at our stockists is a more time, cost and fuel efficient way for us to sell right now.
Q: Do you courier your produce?
A: No. We are 40 minutes drive from the closest courier depot pickup. It's not efficient for us to pack and drive orders to the depot. Selling our produce at the market and at our stockists is a more efficient way for us to sell right now.
Q: What crops do you grow?
A: Good question! Whole head lettuce, bagged lettuce mixes, coriander, dill, chives, mint, lemongrass, oregano, sage, thyme, rosemary, edible flowers, radish. During warmer months: zucchini, scallopini, basil, thai basil, tomatoes, beans, lebanese cucumbers, little capsicum, chillies, little purple eggplant. During cooler months: watercress, baby chard, miners lettuce, snow peas and rocket. To find out what we're harvesting this week, check out the shop area of our website. Subscribe to our farm updates and stories and follow us on facebook or instagram to keep up to date with what's in season, crop planting, harvesting and what it's like to living on our small farm.
Q: Are you organic?
A: We use no harmful sprays or inputs. All nutrients, pesticides and plant food we use are approved for use in organic gardening. We are not certified organic. More information on how we grow can be found in 'This is how we do it'.
Q: What packaging do you use?
A: We use home-compostable/worm-farm-friendly bags to package our leafy-greens and lettuce mixes. We use cardboard trays, paper bags, rubber bands and re-use paper handle bags at the market. Please think of us if you have paper handle bags for us to re-use at the market. More info about packaging at 'This is how we do it'.
Q: Do you run farm visits?
A: This is something we're planning on doing in the future. It would be a day when you can visit the farm, see how we grow, meet the farm animals and have a country day out. Follow us on facebook or instagram for updates.