They also sold vegetables there which were straight from the garden to the table i.e. for a $1 each you could buy: a bag of Courgettes, a large cabbage, a large humongous marrow (for that curry), a large bell pepper with lots of other veges as well.
We decided to fill our bag with veges and bought a couple of ice creams then took off our masks and then social distanced ourselves on some picnic tables whilst enjoying the ice creams.
I've heard that people come from all around Auckland to enjoy this local treat and the sad thing is that there aren't a lot of these types of market gardens around now who sell directly to the public as a lot of local market gardens have been sold to make way for new housing developments.
So it was a nice Sunday treat to just relax and enjoy the atmosphere as other families had decided to do as well. Often there are long lines but we decided to go in the evening where there were less crowds and where we could just relax with the first day back in Alert level 2.
Now to await whether Auckland will be joining the rest of NZ into Alert level 1 freedom on the weekend with no new community transmissions in the last 6 days. I, for one, am very supportive of this cautious approach that the government is taking that is very difficult for businesses but very helpful to to local communities to ensure that the spread of this new COVID-19 variant is kept at bay...
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