Wow, it’s been a crazy last few weeks! First off, I’m now a dad. Amanda gave birth to our baby Abigail, and they’re both doing great. It’s been a blur of happiness and excitement, combined with lots of wailing, sleeplessness, feedings, and diapers. And did I mention, we’re really, really happy?! So Amanda is stepping […]
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The temperatures have finally gone down just a bit, so I can’t complain about the heat as much now…. We’ve been picking peaches and vegetables non-stop all week. Peaches – We’re rotating through three varieties right now: Flamin’ Fury PF-9, Starfire, and Redhaven. When I say “rotating,” it’s because we re-pick each tree every two […]
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 […]
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 […]