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The Last Fall Festival Weekend and Our Pumpkin Patch Party

A family picking apples

***The following is an excerpt from our email newsletter, sent out on 09/29.  Please subscribe to get all of our news and updates delivered right to your inbox. *** Hi everyone, We’re coming up on the final Fall Festival Weekend here at the Orchard.  It’s been a big success spreading the festival over multiple weekends […]

U-Pick Apples and Pumpkins

Honeycrisp apples in a bin

***The following is an excerpt from our email newsletter on 09/23/2016.  Please sign up for our newsletter here, to have news, information and event schedules delivered right to your inbox. ***   Apples Pick-your-own apples will start tomorrow…err…today, Friday Sept 23rd.  Pick-your-own apples will be available anytime during business hours until we get picked out […]

Apples, the Last Peaches, Fall Festivals, and Bent Ladder

Honeycrisp apples on the tree

***The following is an excerpt from our e-newsletter on 09/15/2016.  Please subscribe to get updates delivered right to your inbox.*** Hi everyone, It’s been a crazy last couple of weeks here at the Orchard!!  We’re in the middle of apple and grape harvest, peaches are still being picked, we opened Bent Ladder, and we hosted […]

Peaches, Pristine Apples, and Photos From Around the Farm

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 […]

How Things Look – A Photo Update

The berry display in out market

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!

Strawberry Update, More Planting and Photos

Planting strawberries using the mechanical transplanter

Strawberries Wayne County got hit by frost Sunday night/Monday morning.  Most everything at the Orchard came through fine, but the strawberries being right on the ground, got the coldest air.  We got a little damage, but nothing catastrophic.  So I figured I’d take the “opportunity” to show what a damaged strawberry blossom looks like. DON’T […]

Asparagus, Bloom, and Tree Planting

Asparagus, coming up in the field

Asparagus The asparagus is coming up nicely now.  The warmer it is outside, the faster it grows, which means the more I can cut.  But I should be able to harvest some just about every morning for the next month and a half or so. Bloom Update As the trees are progressing out in the […]

Spring Is Here!!!

Pink peach blossoms in the orchard on April 17

Happy Spring, everyone!! Yes, it seems to finally be here. I figured a good place to start with our brand new website would be a quick update with some pictures of how things are looking around the orchards right now. The crazy weather the last couple of weeks shut down all the plants/trees’ progress. We […]