We’ve been pretty busy this last week..

On Wednesday we attended the Selwyn Let's Collaborate evening, an awesome evening with other small artisan business owners in the Selwyn district, all looking how to market all the special businesses within our very unique district. Working with all these talented minds in the future is a very exciting prospect.

Andy is still busy in the kitchen preparing for The Southern Crafters Market, which is not far away now, but he isn't exactly helping himself after labeling a whole batch of worcestershire sauce as Nan's tomato. That will cut into his firewood splitting time!!

The frosts are back after quite a bit of rain, not great news for the slugs - been seeing a few deceased ones around so that will help the seedlings in the spring, always something positive in everything! The garlic is looking good and the onions have just been planted out so, we are on bird watch duties now, nothing worse than planting out little onion seedlings and next minute the birds have flicked them everywhere. Aren't veges expensive, having to up our vege growing game.

Coming up

Continuing the prep for The Southern Crafters Market, which includes displays for the actual day, so much goes into these markets we have learnt a huge amount since starting Shandy's, we have so much respect for anyone in the artisan business, luckily the passion to offer their unique products to the general public makes it worth it.

• South Christchurch Farmers Market 9am-12pm every Sunday 

• Andy features our products at the Riverside Pantry 2pm-5pm every Sunday (located within the Riverside Market, Christchurch)

• You can also find our products on shelf all week at the Riverside Pantry, Oxford Butchery, Darfield Postshop.