This time of year when feijoa season comes around I think of one person – Paul Haar from Archie’s Creek. Grower, architect, innovator.

A year ago our friend and workmate Mo Nabaie got his front wheel stuck in a tram track, landed face first on Plenty Road and lost three of his front teeth.

So far Fair Food customers have generously paid forward more than $15,000 to help put on the Friday markets.

This year more than any other there seems a lot to be thankful for.

Each year around the middle of September there’s an awakening down in the swamps of Koo Wee Rup.

The cold and wet past six weeks we’ve just had has got local tomato growers wondering if their fruit will ever ripen. But blackberries? They’re on.