The heat is continuing to hurry everything along. We’re ahead of schedule picking most of the fruit by almost a week still! Hope you’ve been able to stay cooler than we have. Apples – I picked the Pristine a couple days ago. We’ve got a really nice crop this year, and they have pretty good […]
Category Archives: Orchard Updates
15
Jul
Jul
Peaches – As is everything this year, peaches are early! We’re picking several varieties right now…Brightstar, Glenglo, and Flamin’ Fury PF-7 and PF-8. There are a lot ripe, so I’m not anticipating too many supply problems in the market; hopefully we’ll be able to keep stocked. We don’t offer peaches for pick your own. Blueberries […]
04
Jun
Jun
It’s been a great first week of strawberries here at the Orchard. Up until some spotty storms today, the weather has been perfect. For the next few weeks, we’ll have u-pick open, and we’ll also be picking berries for the market as fast as we can. If you’re interested in u-pick, please read the following: […]
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22
May
May
**The following is an excerpt from our Orchard newsletter. Please subscribe if you’d like information like this delivered right to your inbox** Hi everyone, Wow, we’ve been really, really busy here getting ready for the upcoming season! I have a ton of different things to talk about, so I’ll try to keep each of them […]
10
May
May
Hi everyone, We had a little bit of a scare this past weekend when temperatures dropped down into the low thirties for a couple of nights. We got the row covers out and covered the strawberries, then crossed our fingers for them and our other crops. Luckily it seems like we got out of it […]
04
May
May
Sorry it’s taken me so long to get these posted to the site. They’ve been out there on social media for a little while. Bloom is pretty much over at this point, and I’m starting to be able to see tiny (but growing quickly!) fruit. So far everything is looking really good, but we do […]
04
Apr
Apr
Hi everyone, So far it looks like we’ve made it through the crazy weather with only a little damage to the cherries, plums and peaches. But I think we still have a pretty decent crop left on those three, and everything else looks good at this point. But we’re not out of the woods yet. […]
24
Jul
Jul
Sorry it’s been a few weeks since I’ve blogged. We’ve been really busy around the farm picking, thinning, and summer pruning (not to mention still working hard at getting Bent Ladder open. Opening date still TBD). I also just got back from a few days in western New York at the International Fruit Tree Association’s […]
27
Jun
Jun
Just a quick update this time. I’ve been spending most of my time this last week picking cherries, so I don’t have much exciting to really talk about. But I collected some pictures around the orchard, and I wanted to share them so you could see how everything is doing. Things are looking good!
15
Jun
Jun
Iris A lot of you folks have probably enjoyed seeing Peg’s iris collection blooming on the hill next to the market, either this year or in the past. Those iris made their way up from Tennessee when Dale and Peg moved back here, and they’ve been doing great. Iris rhizomes will grow to the point […]