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Avocadoes from Comboyne

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Avocadoes from Comboyne

Ron the grower talking with Anton

Ron the grower talking with Anton

Avocadoes like well drained soil and there is a higher altitude are north of Sydney, north of Taree known as Comboyne. The town is small and quaint and if you drive through a wonderful Cafe to have lunch.

Ron avocadoGrower Ron Lindsay is following a passion with growing his avocado trees whilst renovating a former cheese making warehouse into his home, cafe and maybe a home brew …… mmm have to say their guacomole was dynamite, extra garlic, would go great with a home brew beer…of things to come.

So we thought you  might like to see where your avocadoes are grown.

Where is Comboyne?

Where is Comboyne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three photos showing country avocadoes are grown in and the trees.

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Ron Avocado country ComboyneRon avocado tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Birds’ Wherrol Flat mandies

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The Birds’ Wherrol Flat mandies

Mandarins

Graeme and Rozann Bird live a few clicks down Little Run Rd – and have been for some 30 years.  Rozann makes a mean homebrew craft beer.  After winning the local beer-making competition 2 years in a row, she’s holding back a bit to give the other talents in the valley a chance to shine.

 

Mandarin farm in Wherrol Flat

A few years ago, they planted some 30-odd mandarin trees.  Nothing unusual about that, as almost everyone in Wherrol Flat grows some citrus or kiwi or passionfruit or pumpkin or… well anything, really.  Because that seems to be the nature of the place: anything you throw into the soil seems to grow and thrive.

Graeme picking mandarins in Wherrol Flat

It’s just that the Birds’ mandies have this je ne sais qua – sweetness with a hint of mint, and some spice, and a whole lot of other flavours that are difficult to place – but they combine to give it a beautiful flavour.  It’s in the soil, the air or the water.  Or perhaps in all 3.

 

 

Mandarins in Wherrol FlatThey managed to pick about 150kg of ripe fruit, so we just hope that will last us till the end of the week.  Luckily, we’re making another commute next weekand the sunny weather holds promise for more mandies.