Pumpkins Galore and The Largest Apple Contest

Halloween is almost here and we have a lot of fun activities to enjoy!

Start with a Self-guided Orchard Tour! Our self-guided tour is set up and starts at the mailbox by the Apple stand. Grab a map and find eight stations in the orchard and read the informational graphic signs to learn about the steps we take throughout the year to keep our orchard healthy.

Next, search the orchard for the Largest Apple and enter the second week of the Largest Apple Contest! Winner is announced on Monday and receives TWO FREE BUCKETS of u-pick apples.

Third, rescue a pumpkin from our pumpkin patch to take home and carve! We have a huge selection of carving and decorative pumpkins to find! As well as gourds and squash.

Fourth, head out to the Tomato and Pepper picking rows and grab some tomatoes. They are plentiful now and will be ready to be picked until the first frost.

Finally, walk the u-pick flower rows. Pick an assortment of flowers to create your own bouquet. Or, pick up an already made bouquet at the stand. Our Sunflower maze is in its last days. You can still walk the maze but you might not find sunflowers worth picking any longer.

Parking is free and we do not charge admission. We are excited to have some fun with you all this weekend on the farm!

RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Melrose
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious
Braeburn
Rome Beauty
Gold Rush
Granny Smith
Cripps Pink

HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am-6pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

(503)393-1077

Largest Apple Contest Week #1 Winner

The First week of the Largest Apple Contest has a winner! Colin won week #1 with an Apple weighing in at 1.30 pounds. It is the winner for week #1 and also the largest apple ever found in the orchard! Congratulations to Colin, they won two free buckets of u-pick apples. We start week #2 today, so make sure to stop in at the Apple stand and have your largest apple weighed to enter week #2. The winner will receive TWO FREE BUCKETS of u-pick apples!
Also, we were excited to discover that Cripps Pink were ready to be picked this morning, so they have been added to the Ripe and Ready list! Cripps Pink are a great sweet-tart apple that are wonderful for snacking, baking, applesauce, and storing. We did a contest a few years back and made an apple crisp out of every variety in the orchard and blind tested them. The Cripps Pink was a unanimous winner! They are better known as Pink Lady.

RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Melrose
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious
Braeburn
Rome Beauty
Gold Rush
Granny Smith
Cripps Pink

HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am-6pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

Gold Rush, Granny Smith, and Pumpkins

We have made it to the sweet spot of the 2024 Apple Season! We have both the early sweet apples still Ripe and Ready, and all of the winter apples are popping up as well. Right now we have 10 different varieties to choose from! This week, Gold Rush, and Granny Smith were added to the list.
Gold Rush is a very fun apple. It is a tart-sweet apple with a great crunch. It is great for snacking, baking, applesauce, storing, and our very favorite choice for apple cider. This apple almost tastes like it is carbonated. If you haven't ever tried one, we highly suggest you do.
Granny Smith is your classic green apple. A tart apple that sweetens when baked and makes the most amazing pies. These are great for storing as well.
Pumpkins are doing great! We still have a plentiful supply of classic carving pumpkins and a decent supply of decorative as well. We have had a lot of people ask if we have good pumpkins for baking. We do! We have a small section of baking specific pumpkins to choose from in the patch. We have also found that the blue and pink decorative pumpkins are wonderful for baking as well.
Flowers are still available for u-pick as well. The Sunflower maze is in what will most likely be it's last weekend with blooms. Make sure to take a stroll through it before the flowers are all gone. We will continue to have the other u-pick flowers available until the first frost. Beautiful bouquets will also be available at the stand on weekends until the first frost.
Tomatoes and Peppers are in abundance! They are looking wonderful and are a quick pick with how loaded the vines are. These will continue to be ready in abundance until the first frost as well, which shouldn't happen for several more weeks.

RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Jonagold
Melrose
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Fuji
Braeburn
Rome Beauty
Gold Rush
Granny Smith

HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am-6pm
Sunday 11am-6pm