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03/11/2026

First strawberries of the season 🍓

Marianne from Them Eat Cupcakes picked up some of our new-season strawberries at the Southern Farmers Market on Sunday, took them home, and turned them into this amazing dessert.

If you’ve tried Marianne’s cupcakes or custard squares, you’ll know she has a real gift for baking. It’s a treat for us to see our fruit in such good hands.

Come and see us both at the Farmers' Market this Sunday for strawberries picked when they're ready to eat, not ready to travel.

9:30am–1:30pm at the Invercargill Railway Station.
Southlands weekly home for real kai and real connection.

31/10/2026

🍓 Strawberry season is officially open!

The first punnets of the season will be at the Southern Farmers Market tomorrow. There aren’t many yet, so come early if you want some. They won’t hang around.

We’ll also have spray-free spuds from Imbizi Farm in Otautau, in both white and red. 🥔 They’re just $4 a bag, which is great value for real local kai.

Strawberries for dessert and potatoes for dinner. Sorted.

Invercargill Railway Station, 2 Leven Street
Sunday 9:30am–1:30pm

28/10/2026

The Case of the Lonely Strawberries 🍓

Yesterday, a tray of fresh-picked strawberries sat on our Gorge Road stall. Sun-ripened. Perfectly red. Waiting.

Nobody came.

So we’ve opened an investigation. The suspects:

🕵️ Tuesday. Not quite Monday, nowhere near Friday. No one trusts it.
🌬️ The wind. It’s been gusting hard enough to send a punnet halfway to the Catlins. Pulling over for berries might have felt like an extreme sport.
🤫 Secrecy. Maybe we’re just the best-kept secret on the Southern Scenic Route.

Here’s what we do know. Our strawberries are picked ready to eat, not ready to travel, so we don’t hold them over. Anything that doesn’t sell goes to the whānau.

Last night, the evidence was baked into a strawberry loaf. It did not survive questioning.

Help us close the case. Which suspect is guilty? Tell us in the comments 👇

25/10/2026

Another 4 punnets of freshly picked strawberries on the roadside stall at #84 Tokanui-Gorge Road Hwy, Invercargill.

Still a few strawberry plants available too!

23/10/2026

12/10/2026

Something new on the roadside stall this week 🥔🥕

We’ve teamed up again this season with Edwin and his whānau at Imbizi Farm in Otautau, and their spray-free potatoes and carrots are now on the stall.

Edwin’s whanau farm the way we like to: community first and sustainability always. They’re about feeding people, not just selling. They look after the whenua so it stays fertile and productive for generations to come.

Grown just down the road in Otautau and dug for eating, not shipping.
Swing by the stall at #84 Tokanui-Gorge Road Hwy.
https://www.imbizi.org/

07/10/2026

The first strawberries of the season are in! 🍓

We picked them this morning, still warm from the sun. Red right through and properly sweet, the way homegrown strawberries should be.

This first bowl is going to our whānau. They've been checking the plants every day, waiting for the first ripe ones, so it's only fair they get first taste.

The plants are covered in flowers and green fruit, so there's plenty more on the way. Follow our page, and we'll let you know when they're on our roadside stall and at the Southern Farmers Market on Sundays.