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 […]
Peaches – The bad news first. We sold out of the last of the Encore peaches this past weekend. We’re done with peaches until next year. Apples – Now the good news. We’ve got over a dozen varieties of apples in the market right now, including Honeycrisp. In the last couple weeks, we’ve picked Gala, […]
We’re so excited about our final Fall Festival Weekend…it might be our best yet! We’ve packed fun activities, amazing food and drink, and great music all into one weekend. Come join us in celebrating fall! Admission is free. Saturday, October 14th 9 am – 6 pm: U-Pick apples 10 am – 5 pm: Lerch’s Donuts […]
It’s been another busy week outside at the Orchard. This time of year it’s hard to keep up with picking since we grow so many things. It seems like everything starts being ripe at the same time! Apples – We’ve picked a lot of apples this week! New additions are Redfree, Sansa, St. Edmunds Pippin […]
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 […]
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: […]
***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 […]
***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, It seems like the first Festival Weekend was a hit! Thank you to everyone who came out and made it a big success!! […]
***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 […]