Author Archives: Patty Doll

Here it is almost the middle of September and apple harvest is well underway. Peach season is over and now we are onto apples. A tremendous crop of apples await to be picked in the orchard. This year’s harvest will … Continue reading →

Heading into August and getting ready for busy, busy days ahead. Our peaches have been slower in ripening this season. This area experienced cool temperatures right after their bloom and undoubtedly this delayed their development. Just started to pick this … Continue reading →

We’ve survived the ups and downs of the thermometer, the invasion of Brood X cicadas and last week’s flash flooding. As onward we go, hopefully we’ll make it to harvest without too many more challenges. We’ve experienced seasonal temperatures these … Continue reading →

Brood X Cicadas have been spotted this week in the orchard. Their arrival is somewhat later than had been predicted. Unseasonably cooler temperatures the first two weeks of May kept the ground temperature below 65 degrees. Cicadas favor warm soil … Continue reading →

The apple trees were in full bloom about a week early this year. We feel better about making it through the freezing Spring temperatures without cold damage to the crop when bloom is later in the month of April. Our … Continue reading →

Due to a few technical difficulties our website was not “up and running” for quite some time. An update has been long overdue. Since that last post the orchard has progressed from dormancy to bloom. We have moved through pruning … Continue reading →

Good news! Pruning in the older apple orchard and the peach orchard is now completed. We’ve moved along quite well this year. In fact after checking long term weather forecasts for the week, we proceeded out in rather cold temperatures … Continue reading →

Safe to say not too many people were saddened as they said goodbye to 2020 and welcomed 2021. Still facing challenges from the pandemic but all of us are hopeful for a more “normal” 2021. At the orchard we are … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving Day was celebrated somewhat differently for all of us this year due to the challenges of the Covid-19 virus.  Onward we go, however, as we move forward into the winter months and the trees enter their dormancy.  Expected snow … Continue reading →

We are expecting the first killing freeze of the season this week.  Not really looking forward to it but it’s that time of the year in southeastern Indiana.  We just need to get used to the idea of colder temperatures.  … Continue reading →