Hi everyone, The image above pretty much says it all. Thank you so much to everyone who came out today for our first day of u-pick! Wow. You cleaned the berry fields. We’ll be closed tomorrow to let them recover. Then we’ll be back open at 11am on Sunday. Thanks again!
Category Archives: Orchard Updates
Housekeeping, Market Updates, Newsletter, Orchard Updates
New Produce, A Crop Update and Policies Going Forward
12
May
May
Hi everyone, I wanted to update you on a few things. First of all, a big thank you to everyone who participated in our “additional produce that you’d like to see” survey from the last newsletter. We had almost 400 respondents, so it was really awesome to see all the results! The vast majority of […]
Housekeeping, Market Updates, Newsletter, Orchard Updates
Spring Update: Bloom, Asparagus, Curbside and Delivery Updates
29
Apr
Apr
Hi everyone, Just checking in. Wow, this has been a crazy spring. Between the massive temperature changes and this whole virus thing, I miss normal. Though, I guess, maybe crazy weather is actually normal for Ohio these days. Things started out really warm, the trees started to get going, then…WHAM…majorly cold. Now that we’re warming […]
06
Nov
Nov
Hi everyone, I want to start by thanking you all for a great u-pick and festival season! We couldn’t have this job that we love if it wasn’t for you folks supporting us. THANK YOU. It means everything to us. Although we still have a few fresh veggies (cauliflower, cabbage, kale and brussels sprouts) coming […]
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 […]
27
Jun
Jun
This post is a little late, as we FINALLY (fingers crossed) seem to be drying out a little, but I wanted to share some of the challenges that come with being a farmer. The last few weeks have been pretty rough if you’re a farmer in Ohio. The current joke is that Ohio has been […]
06
Jun
Jun
Hi everyone, It’s been another wet week (you can see as much from some of my photos below), but overall, things aren’t looking to bad. We thankfully avoided almost all of the hail that slammed a lot of our area a couple nights ago. Hail can be devastating to a fruit farmer even this early […]
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 […]
23
May
May
I’ve always been interested in genetics and plant breeding. I actually took a lot of genetics as part of my biochem program as an undergrad. One thing that many people don’t know is that apples aren’t self-fertile. To “make” an apple, some vector (generally a bee) takes pollen from one apple variety and applies it […]