The weekend is bringing great picnic weather! We have a couple picnic tables set up in front of the orchard to rest and enjoy your picnic after picking Apples! A blanket in the grass works too!
This week we have added Golden Delicious and Red Delicious to the Ripe and Ready list! Golden Delicious is a versatile apple that can be used for baking, applesauce, and eating. Fresh off the tree they are sweet and crunchy! Red Delicious is primarily an eating apple and is at its peak when picked fresh off the tree.
Honeycrisp and Gala are almost sold out for the season. Make sure to come in the next couple days if you were still hoping to pick some!
Pumpkins are being found in the patch and we are seeing so many fun colors and shapes being brought to the stand!
The Bartlett Pears have sold out but we hope to have some D'Anjou at the stand in the coming weeks.
RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Honeycrisp
Jonagold
Ruby Jon
Melrose
Liberty
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm
4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305
First Day Of Fall
Yesterday was the first official day of fall and boy is it starting to feel like fall at the orchard. Apples, Pumpkins and Tomatoes are being picked and we have a few new fall additions to add to the mix this year.
For Apples we have added Liberty, Melrose and Golden Delicious to the Ripe and Ready list. Liberty is a fun, tart apple that is fantastic for drying. Melrose is an employee favorite and is sweet and crunchy and great for baking, eating, and applesauce. Golden Delicious is a classic apple and the second best rated for pies. This apple can be underrated due to it getting soft sitting on a store shelf, but fresh off the tree this apple shines. It is sweet and crunchy and simply delicious.
Pumpkins are ready to be picked and we have quite the variety this year. Orange, white, blue, black, red, and even pink pumpkins can be found in the pumpkin patch!
Tomatoes are doing well. Our slicers continue to ripen a bit more everyday and we have a plentiful amount of romas waiting to be picked and canned!
Our new fall additions are Squash and Gourds! We have three varieties of squash available. Butternut, spaghetti and acorn! We have a few different varieties of gourds to choose from including birdhouse, goose neck, batwing, and a few others!
RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Honeycrisp
Ruby Mac
Jonagold
Ruby Jon
Golden Delicious
Liberty
Melrose
HOURS:
Mon- Sat 8am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm
4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305
beilkefamilyfarm.com
(503)393-1077
Jonagold, Ruby Jon and Pumpkins!
The cooler weather is here and looks like Fall has arrived!
This week we have added Jonagold and Ruby Jon to the Ripe and Ready list!
Jonagold is such a wonderful apple. It has a classic apple flavor and is incredibly juicy. It is a very versatile apple and is great for all uses.
Ruby Jon is our highest rating applesauce apple. It is sweet and juicy. If you leave a tiny bit of the skin on during cooking it will turn the applesauce a fun pink color. It is also great for eating.
For those anxious to get started on Pumpkin season, we are opening the pumpkin patch! We have quite the variety this year and can't wait to see what you all find in the patch!
With the cloudy weather this week our Watermelon did not ripen as fast as we expected. We will need to wait another week to open it back up again for picking.
RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Smoothie
Honeycrisp
Ruby Mac
Jonagold
Ruby Jon
