Hi everyone, Wow, you guys like your strawberries! Sunday was even crazier than Friday. Luckily we had today to recover (and for the strawberry patch to recover, too). We’ve started some more pickers to try to keep up better with picked berries in the market. And I think I have a plan to handle u-pick […]
Category Archives: Events
19
Sep
Sep
Fall is here, and that means exciting things at the Orchard! This weekend is the beginning of both our fall u-pick and our fall festivals!! We’ve got many of the details regarding our Fall Festival Weekends posted on our Events page already, so I won’t repeat everything here. If you follow the link you can […]
28
Jun
Jun
We’ve come to the fun part of berry season where we have multiple berries to pick at the same time. At 8am tomorrow morning (Saturday, June 29th) we will have strawberries, red raspberries, blueberries, AND black raspberries all open for picking at once! After that, it will depend on demand and how things ripen as […]
05
Jun
Jun
It’s finally strawberry season!! We’ve got a few picked berries in the market right now, but we got rained out this morning, so I’m not sure how long they’ll last and if we’ll be able to pick many more today. However, tomorrow and going forward, we’re hoping to have a good supply every day for […]
22
Sep
Sep
Peaches – The bad news first. We sold out of the last of the Encore peaches this past weekend. We’re done with peaches until next year. Apples – Now the good news. We’ve got over a dozen varieties of apples in the market right now, including Honeycrisp. In the last couple weeks, we’ve picked Gala, […]
Events, Housekeeping, Newsletter, Orchard Updates
Summer News – Raspberries, Blueberries, Cherries and Canning!
30
Jun
Jun
Hi everyone, The big news for us this past week was that we made USA Today’s list of 10 Great Pick-your-own Farms Across the USA! We were so excited!! Most of the other places were bigger farms right outside of large cities, so I felt that added to the honor of being chosen. I’m really […]
07
Jun
Jun
Hi everyone, After a very cold April starting all our crops off about two weeks behind normal, the very hot May caught us back up. It seems like we’re right about average again, and that means IT’S TIME FOR STRAWBERRIES!!! We’ve been able to pick more and more strawberries for the market these last couple […]
10
May
May
Hi everyone, April was so cold this year that everything is running late, but the warm weather the last couple weeks is starting to catch things up. Since I haven’t posted for awhile, I have a lot to tell you about what’s going on around the farm these days! First of all, as you can […]
Bent Ladder, Events, Market Updates
Christmas Open House This Saturday. And Lots of Other Holiday Goodness.
05
Dec
Dec
Between the market and Bent Ladder this year, we have so many exciting things going on for the Holidays! I usually don’t talk much about Bent Ladder over here on the Orchard site, but with this post being all about our holiday activities, I’d be remiss if I didn’t briefly mention a few things going […]
13
Oct
Oct
We’re so excited about our final Fall Festival Weekend…it might be our best yet! We’ve packed fun activities, amazing food and drink, and great music all into one weekend. Come join us in celebrating fall! Admission is free. Saturday, October 14th 9 am – 6 pm: U-Pick apples 10 am – 5 pm: Lerch’s Donuts […]
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