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 past week. Until this time we were “spot picking” the riper ones and now are progressing down the rows and clearing trees. Peach crop looks good. Currently filling orders and taking peaches to our local markets.
While the peaches are good, the apples are absolutely awesome, a tremendous crop. We are working to getting things organized for the harvest season, checking equipment, getting packaging supplies ordered and coordinating workers. We will begin “spot picking” the Gingergold and Zestar this week but plans right now are to begin harvest in earnest next week.
We have started setting up at some local markets this past week and as harvest continues we will try to bring our produce to all our market locations. Our “U-Pik” location will be open to the public starting on August 20th. At this time our plan is to open the “U-Pik” on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Our home market will continue to be open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm. Wednesday our business hours will be 1:00 pm until 6:00 pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. While we do not have apples available yet we do have our tree ripened peaches to offer. Remember that shopping from local growers is a win/win for everyone and we highly encourage you check things out.