We are in the Third and Final week of the Largest Apple Contest! This weeks winner will be announced on Monday so make sure to come out and find a giant apple in the orchard and have it weighed in at the stand to be entered. The winner receives TWO FREE BUCKETS of u-pick apples!
There are still quite a few apples to choose from with 8 varieties on the Ripe and Ready list. It is getting to the point of the season where some of the varieties are getting to the ends of the rows. Make sure to check in with our orchard attendants before picking to make sure you are going down the right rows to find the apples you are after.
Melrose, Golden Delicious and Red Delicious are almost sold out so make sure to come pick soon if you were still hoping for some of those varieties. The rest of the varieties on the list we anticipate having for a few more weeks.
This is the last weekend to venture out to the pumpkin patch to find a pumpkin to carve. We have tall, short, wide, huge, and small pumpkins to choose from! We would love to see some pictures of the pumpkins you have all found and carved!
Tomatoes are mostly we-pick at the stand at this point. We have some still pink on the vine that can be u-picked and ripened at home, but the majority are already picked and ready to be picked up.
Flowers are done for the season. We have LOVED having fresh flower bouquets at the stand this year with flowers that were grown right on our farm. We will definitely have them again next year!
We have more Concord pears at the stand for a limited time and they will be the last of the pears for this year. We anticipate these going fast so make sure to grab some this weekend!
RIPE AND READY:
Melrose
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Rome Beauty
Braeburn
Cripps Pink
Gold Rush
Granny Smith
Rainboots and Umbrellas
The rain has arrived! It is finally time to dust off those rainboots and umbrellas! Head to the orchard and pick some apples to make some nice hot apple cider or a warm apple pie to enjoy on a rainy day.
This week we are in the sweet spot of the season. There are a few early season apples wrapping up while all of the winter apples are ripe at the same time. That makes for quite the variety of apples to choose from. If you were still hoping for some Jonagold, Golden Delicious, or Melrose, come SOON! We anticipate being sold out of these within the next 7-10 days.
We have a HUGE selection of great pumpkins that are hoping to be found in the patch and taken home for carving.
Tomatoes are not as big of fans of the rain, so we have picked a large amount of what was ripe on the vine to have at the stand for we-pick to avoid splitting. We will still have a large amount of ripe on the vine ready to be picked as well. Anything that wasn't quite fully red will avoid the splitting.
RIPE AND READY:
Jonagold
Melrose
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Rome Beauty
Braeburn
Gold Rush
Cripps Pink
Granny Smith
HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm
4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305
Gold Rush, Cripps Pink, Braeburn, and Pumpkins!
Another weekend of beautiful weather is here! Perfect weather for Apple Picking and Pumpkin Hunting.
This week we have added Gold Rush, Braeburn, and Cripps Pink to the Ripe and Ready list. Which means we have reached the fun time of year where anything you find in the orchard is Ripe and Ready! Adventure through the rows and check out some varieties that are new to you. Anything you come across is ready for picking.
Gold Rush is a sweet-tart, crisp apple that almost tastes as though it is carbonated. Sounds crazy, but try it and you will see what we mean. It is fantastic for eating, baking, and is the #1 apple in the orchard for cider! Gold Rush is a storing apple as well.
Braeburn is a sweet, crunchy apple that is wonderful for eating and baking. This apple is also a storing apple.
Cripps Pink, also known as Pink Lady, is a fun sweet-tart apple that is fantastic for eating, baking, and applesauce. This one is also a storing apple.
We have a LOT of pumpkins still to be found in the Pumpkin Patch! Big ones, small ones, pumpkins for baking, and even pink and blue ones!
This weather is extending our Tomato season and we still have a plentiful amount of romas and a good amount of slicer. If you are searching for slicers, venture down the heirloom rows. We are finding a lot of people getting great slicers down those rows.
Pears are here! This week we have a limited supply of Bosc and Concorde. We have been selling out of pears quick this year, so make sure to get these while we have them.
RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Jonagold
Melrose
Liberty
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Fuji
Rome Beauty
Granny Smith
Cripps Pink
Gold Rush
Braeburn
HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm
4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305
