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Updates From the Farm Blog
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Notes from the Field: Week of September 30
This week started off CHILLY with a low in the 30s overnight here in Everson on Sunday night and a slight dew frost on the grass this Monday morning on parts of the farm. Autumn is surely here and the harvests prove that to be the case – we’ll be busy picking apples...
Notes from the Field: Week of September 23rd
Kiwi Berries nearly ready for harvestThis week we’re continuing Honeycrisp harvest as well as some smaller picks of dessert and cider apples, pears and potentially the first kiwi berry harvest of the year. Most of the time not spent harvesting is spent packing fruit...
Notes from the Field: Week of September 16
A bosc pear and an Elstar apple.This week we’ll be scavenging what rest of the grapes we can before the rains come in earnest this coming weekend/next week, and harvesting lots of apples and pears! Noting looking back at our records from previous years how this year...
Notes from the Field: Week of September 9
Sampling apples and pears to check for ripeness before creating our harvest lists. This week we’re starting with harvests on pears and grapes with large apple picks like Honeycrisp just around the corner. Harvest takes most of our time these days, but other activities...
Buy Two Fruit Trees, Get a Third Free
Fall is a wonderful time to plant fruit trees, and we've got our best selection in years at the nursery! Our highly anticipated "buy 2 get a 3rd free" fruit tree sale starts Thursday, Sept 12. Apples, pears, plums, cherries, peaches, and nut trees are all included. In...
Notes from the Field: Week of September 2
Honeycrisp apples ripening up (probably ~1 week to first harvest)This week we’re all systems go on summer and fall fruit. With delays across the board in ripening fruit this year due to cooler temps, we’ve now reached a point where we have peaches overlapping with...