Picking Chandler Berries in the tunnel!

 The Raspberries are growing well.  Almost time to set up the trellis.

Everything is looking good right now.

Raspberries look great, they got some water this week.

Sour Cherries viewed through the tunnel with strawberries blooming inside.

Peach Bloom comes early.

The new block of peaches on the lower farm look great.

Lots of thinning to do today.

Field Strawberries are greening up nicely.

Spring has Sprung..

Strawberries are out from under the row covers and protected from the weather by the high tunnels. Come on strawberries...maybe a few more days until bloom with the warm weather we've been having.

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!

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...

berries and cherries, so much fun!

The boys picked a couple hundred pounds of cherries today. They are delicious!
Don't miss them this week.
These ladies spent a little time this afternoon picking berries for a special strawberry beer. Sounds good to me! There's still lots of fruit to find in the field.

Wheeeee! We're picking all the fields.

Boys enjoy post picking snacking...
Gary and Chelsea begin the flower planting. There's some in the tunnel and some in the field. Blooming in August should be amazing!
Chris and Dan pick on the cart, perfect in the shade! All they need is a cupholder and the music!

Yummy Berries even when it's raining!

I could get used to farming inside a high tunnel!

Strawberries!

We are picking some beautiful, tasty strawberries out of the tunnels!
I plan to be open 12:30-4 today(Saturday) so come on out if you need a berry fix!
The field berries are also coming along and should be starting by Memorial Day Weekend!
This coming week we'll be open from 10:30 -5 to sell what we've picked.

Buzzing of the Bees

Take a close look, the bees are there!

Wow, the bees have found the strawberries in the tunnel!
Gary says it's almost deafening.
We're very happy! The field berries are even seeing some bees. Yeeessss!

Apple Bloom

The Stayman Apples are really blooming this year! The only apple that's not blooming like crazy is the Mutsu, which we probably overcropped last year.
Hale loves to check out anything growing in the orchard.Strawberries made it through the cold night with a little help from the row cover and the tunnels. We'd love to see some early strawberries!!

Spring 2010

As a farmer, I should believe that spring will come. But I'm always surprised when it does!
The new peach/nectarine block on the lower farm looks great as do the tunnel strawberries
- in fact there's a few blossoms here and there to tempt us.

New Year Activities

It's time to mulch the strawberries. The ground is frozen,the wind has slowed,and it's going to rain or snow tomorrow. Perfect. Gary, Chris and Eric will probably finish today sometime. Luckily, we can use Trauger's mulching machine or it would be really, really, slow going!

fall on the farm

Gold rush are almost ready to pick.
New Strawberries have taken well in the tunnel.. next year they'll be protected from the weather.

Pretty view past the blackberries and apples to the back of the farm.