Updates From The Farm

Nets on our Pond Orchard apple block.This week we’re harvesting, continuing to manage weeds, and keeping an ever-closer eye on apples and pears as they begin to ripen. Last week we were able to deploy netting over most of our apple blocks, and while it’s too late to...

Red Gravenstein beginning to ripen.This week we’re getting a welcome break from dry weather to start the week. While rain can bring unwanted fungal disease pressure during summer months, it also provides a more even watering for the trees than drip can provide and...

Methley plums ready for picking.This week we’re feeling grateful for a slight cool off in temperatures as we try to regain our footing with canopy management, summer pruning, and weed management amongst a sea of other field tasks. We’re harvesting plums and finishing...

Aronia berry beginning to ripenThis week we’re continuing Ribes harvest, summer pruning, weeding and troubleshooting dreaded midsummer irrigation pump issues (which will hopefully be followed by ample watering of all orchard zones). Fruit/Bud/Tree Development We're...

This week we’re harvesting currants, working on grape canopy management, continuing pest management in apples and pears, rennovating June Bearing strawberries, weeding and applying mid-season foliar and drip irrigation applied fertilizers.  Fruit/Bud/Tree Development...

Methley plums sized and showing the very first signs of ripening.This week we’re beginning to harvest a few new crops on the farm – ribes and cherries! We’re balancing harvests with weed management (strawberry weeding post-harvest, and lots of weedwhacking and mowing...

Ripening Pink Champagne currants.This week top of mind is summer pruning on pome trees (especially apples), fungal and insect pest management, fertility management in young trees and grapes especially, and preparations for more harvests to come. While things are all a...