Updates & Events

Apples! We open for Pick Your Own September 5th, 10AM.

The crop is not huge, but quality is excellent (last year the crop was huge and quality was excellent.) So: Pick-your-owners will need to walk more than usual!

You may remember, there was an overnight freeze here in spring. It was likely that a lot of pollinated blossoms would not develop actual fruit. Now we see the effect -- most of the apples are well uphill of the farmstand!

During a freeze, the coldest air flows downhill -- growers call this "air drainage." So, wherever the cold air slows and puddles up, the lower buds get the most damage, while the higher ones often escape. This has happened in our big PYO field -- the low-hanging apples are few at the bottom of the hill, but the further you walk up, the more low-hanging fruit you find. Down near the stand, the tops are fruitful but out of reach!

New '26 changes: the farm-stand will offer only Pick Your Own and sweet cider on Thursdays and Fridays. On weekends we can offer Farnum Hill ciders as well. Why? Because Thursdays and Fridays will run on the honesty-box setup, and Sat-Sun we'll have people here who can offer our adult beverages and help out generally.

We're going minimal this year: no jams, jellies, honey, etc. We'll post contacts for the excellent local suppliers who offer the treats you may have seen here before.

Picnic tables, room to roam, and woodland walking trails will all be available. We'll see how visitors respond to minimal shopping and maximal outdoor freedom!