Winter was hard on the orchard. We lost about 100 peach trees to the extreme moisture in December, January, February and March. Peaches don’t like “wet feet”. However, there are lots of surviving trees and they have a good crop of fruit set.
Unlike last year, the apple crop is pretty heavy this year. The Honeycrisp apples look especially productive. Look forward to a great harvest in August.
Here are some links to some of our partners:
This site lists all sorts of places to pick your own fruit: www.pickyourown.org
This site lists farms throughout the tri-county area: http://www.tricountyfarm.org/
Here are some farm stores near us with lots of local products:
Smith Berry Barn http://www.smithberrybarn.com/Scripts/default.asp
Unger Farm Store http://ungerfarms.com/
Hoffman Farm Store http://www.hoffmanfarmsstore.com/
Lolich Farm Store http://www.lolichsfamilyfarm.com/our-store.html