Updates From The Farm
Notes from the Field: Week of November 4th
Medlar fruitsThis month we’re wrapping up the 2024 fruit production season. We’ve still got apples in our cooler we’ll be selling through this month (Melrose, Jonagold, Crimson Gold…), and we’ve got just a few boxes worth of medlar to pick this week. Otherwise we’ll...
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As we move through another growing season, we’re reminded of the vital role that our community plays in supporting a resilient local food system. From skill-sharing at Fruit Trees 101 workshops to providing locally-grown, organic fruit at the farmers market, Cloud...
Featured Fruit: Melrose Apple
While the rains have officially arrived and the days have darkened, there’s still fresh fruit to eaten, stored, baked, and enjoyed. One of our favorite late-season fruits is the Melrose apple. It’s a cross of Jonathan and Red Delicious apples, and was first developed...
Notes from the Field: Week of October 21st, 2024
Fall color in the grapesThis week we’re wrapping up our last big picks on Jonagold, Melrose, Galarina, Enterprise Apples, Uta Pears and Kiwi Berries. There's likely to be a final cleanup pick next week on Melrose, and Medlar to harvest in a few weeks here, but beyond...
Notes from the Field: Week of October 14th
A bin of beautiful, canary-yellow quince.This week we’re heading into the cold, wet weather – admittedly begrudgingly – with a few last harvest pushes still ahead. Varieties left out in the field are dwindling – we’ve got some Jonagold, Melrose, Galarina, and...
Notes from the Field: Week of October 7th
Ripe Kiwi berries!!This week we’re harvesting a variety of late season fruit! Apples, pears, quince and kiwi berries are still keeping us plenty busy with harvest. We'll also be picking our latest ripening grape variety, Neptune, this week. Harvesting and packing...
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...