Peach Festival 2011

Taking body painting to a new level.

The Ice Cream Tradition continues...everyone eats well!!!

We had lots of fabulous helpers! Thanks, Sarah!

Your tour guide today is Hillary, assisted by David.

A happy peach picker!

David H. and Mike help people in the orchard.

The Falabella Family enjoys their fruit.

Chelsea makes some beautiful arrangements for a wedding.

working on the farm

First Blackberries and flowers.

Kathie's working hard!

Sour Cherries!

We're open today with sour cherries. I get to hear what people are planning to do. Like Gert is making Kippered Cherries. (I had to ask what that was) She says she pits the cherries and covers them with vinegar overnight then processes them with a sugar syrup and people love it.
A couple customers are making pies and jam and one person is going to try a recipe for Marashino cherries.

PLANTING FLOWERS

Good Weekend for Berries

Well, the change in the weather has encouraged the fields of berries. We'll be having pick your own saturday and sunday. We're hoping some of our mid season varieties will come along.
Of course our Late Glo's are starting to be ready so it won't be a long season, but so far everything tastes good!

Strawberry Woes...

Well, the pick your own fields are looking pretty slim.
Those super hot days seemed to cook the fruit, what small quantities we had.
There are a few rows of late field berries that we hope will sustain the market.

Waiting for strawberries..

First Strawberry Shortcake of the Season! Yummm.

Secret pea planting in Chelsea's flowers, don't tell her!

Flowers are ready to go in the field.

One Red One!

The tunnel strawberries are really close.
Hale rescued the strawberries from marauding bunnies- Yeah!

See, there really is (was ) one red one- I ate it
even though the birds pecked it!

The field Earliglows are doing pretty well, too!

More Strawberry Blossoms!

Every Blossom is a Strawberry...yummy

Spring in spite of the rain..

Sweet Cherry blossoms, looks like a nice crop!

4 rows of Field Strawberries coming a little earlier because of the row covers.
They've almost caught up to the tunnel berries!

Hale checks out the tunnel strawberries, the bloom is really nice there , too.Blossom thinning in the peaches, Hale is such a help!

Looks like this weekend will be the Apple Blossoms...

Think Pink!

Well, April showers have finally brought flowers!
The peaches are pushing pretty hard, we'll have full bloom by the end of the week.