Farm Life
Take a peek at our farm’s day to day work.
Salmon-Safe Certification
Meet Phil Simmons, our horticulturist. He brings a lot of passion for organic farming to the job and, along with it, our Salmon Safe Certification. This aspect of his love is soil and…
Read More ›The In-cider On Our Apple Harvest
We had an unusual growing season this year that has ended with a beautiful crop of red-colored apples. So as we move through our blocks harvesting apples, it's a good time to mull over what we've learned these past few months.
Read More ›Hand Thinning Apples
By hand thinning apples in our organic orchards, the crew eliminates bad fruit and makes room for the good.
Read More ›Critical Temperatures for Blossom Buds
Cherry Buds & Wind Machines According to the dark sweet cherry buds at our Gilbert Orchard, the cherry crop is at the green side stage and moving into the green tip stage.…
Read More ›Safe Temperatures for Winter Pruning
Our crew of pruners has been busy pruning our acres of Honeycrisp trees for the past couple of months. The winter so far has been fairly mild, allowing few interruptions for adverse weather.
Read More ›Birds of Prey On Our Organic Farm
This beautiful red-tailed hawk visited our front yard last week on a bright sunny afternoon.
Read More ›10 Reasons to U-Pick Our Blueberries in Lake Chelan
Ten reasons to u-pick blueberries in Lake Chelan at our organic farm.
Read More ›Chelan Butte Bighorn Sheep
Groups from the Chelan Butte Bighorn Sheep herd had visited us several times this summer.
Read More ›When to Harvest Apples for Best Quality?
We want our apples to have the best eating quality, so we go to a lot of trouble to be sure about our harvest dates.
Read More ›Cherry Buying Tips From the Farmer
Our farming background began with organic apples. After years of excellent results, we decided to expand into cherries. We were like, wow, we're so kick-ass in apples why not go into cherries…
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