Hi everyone, The day many of you have been waiting for is here…blueberry u-pick starts tomorrow morning (July 1) at 9am! Blueberries will be $4/lb. Just like with the strawberries and raspberries, you’re welcome to bring back buckets you’ve gotten from us in the past (whether this year or previously), but we’re not allowing any […]
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Jun
Jun
Hi everyone, First off, we’ve started picking red raspberries! We’ll have some in the market again tomorrow by mid-morning. They will also be available for picking starting at 9am. You’ll need a different bucket, as they’re a different price than strawberries…they’re $4.50/lb. As for strawberries, we still have a lot of really nice berries left […]
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Jun
Jun
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 […]
12
Jun
Jun
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!
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Jun
Jun
Hi everyone, It’s finally time for strawberry season! Here’s all the details we have figured out so far. Some of this info you may have seen already, but I figured it was better to compile everything together. Already Picked Berries – We will have strawberries in the market daily for the next few weeks, unless […]
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May
May
Hi everyone, So the big news, as you may have guessed already from the subject line of this email…we’re opening up to the public again! Tuesday morning we will be resuming (somewhat) more normal service by inviting customers back into our market again. There will be a lot of changes, so please continue reading if […]
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
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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 […]
03/23/2020 Dear Rittman Orchards Friends: As this virus continues to spread through the state of Ohio, the Governor and the Department of Health have now issued a Stay at Home order. We are considered an essential business because we both grow and sell food, and we will be remaining open at this point. HOWEVER, we […]
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Nov
Nov
It’s been a busy couple of weeks here as we’re trying to get a ton of outdoor odds and ends finished up before the snow flies. And I’ve been starting to catch up on all the bookkeeping (the worst part of my job) which I’ve been neglecting since strawberries started back in June. (If my […]