When to Harvest Apples for Best Quality?
When to harvest apples for the best quality is a question on the minds of apple farmers now. How will we know? Do we grab a magic eight ball?
Continue reading →Easy Steps for Sweet Onion Success
If you’re like me and you love a sweet onion that’s big as in totally covers your hamburger bun and heavy as in juicy crisp, then let’s talk. I grew that onion! How did I get to this place of sweet onion success?
Continue reading →Our Deer Friends During COVID
In May, when I drove around the fruit trees by our house, I noticed a single doe mule deer in the orchard at different times. I thought how unusual to see one all by herself so often. Later around the end of June, on my way out of the house, I looked up and saw a mama deer with young twin fawns.
Continue reading →Best Summer Fruit Salad
Not the usual fruit salad. One bite, and you’ll know this is the best summer fruit salad! Since we grow fruit, it’s exciting to have this spectacular recipe to show off the fruits of our labor!
Continue reading →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 too?! Whoa, not the same! Let’s just say our years of experience in organic cherries have taught us to be humble and continuously study the art of growing excellent cherries.
Continue reading →How We Pick Our Blueberries
A couple of weeks ago, the weekly stroll through the blueberry patch got exciting when we saw some blue color sprinkled in the clumps of berries. Now there are lots of blues, and we’re officially picking weekly. This year we expect to pick approximately 53,000 pounds of blueberries. Over the years, we have perfected the art of blueberry picking. I thought I would share how we do it. Let me give you a little background first.
Continue reading →Celebration Carrot Cake
Our family loves this kind of cake for birthdays, galas, anniversaries, anything special so we call it Celebration Carrot Cake.
Continue reading →How to Plant a Tomato
Guy Clark’s Homegrown Tomato song sums up why every year, I have to grow tomatoes.
Continue reading →Farmstead Meatloaf
When you’re in the mood for comfort food, Farmstead Meatloaf is perfect since it’s both simple and elegant.
Continue reading →Pollination Time
Each time the helicopter comes to apply pollen on our apple tree bloom, it’s always exciting.
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