Pumpkins and Traffic Cones

It is getting spooky in the Apple Orchard! We are heading into Halloween week and we are ready for it. The pumpkin patch has lots of classic carving pumpkins still ready to be found, and some decorative too. Fun fact, the pink and blue decorative pumpkins also cook down perfectly for making pies and other treats.

The Apples are still doing great but we are definitely at the end of the rows for picking. We have orange traffic cones down the rows indicating where the loaded trees can be found. Trees will be empty until you get to those cones. Don't feel like you can make the long walk down the rows? Just gives us a call or send us a message and we will have a Beilke Box picked and ready for you for pickup. We are monitoring the orchard and we expect to sell out of apples sooner than usual. We love being open until Thanksgiving like we are every year, but this will not be happening. We have probably 10-14 days left of the season left and will keep you updated as we go.

Tomatoes are still doing well. Romas especially are still plentiful and easy picking. The Slicers can still be  found but will definitively take more hunting to find. 

Flowers are still available for u-pick until the first frost. Bouquets will also be available this weekend, Thursday-Sunday. If we have a frost in the next two nights, this will be the last weekend for Bouquets at the stand. 

RIPE AND READY:
Melrose
Braeburn
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 #3 Winner

The third week of the Largest Apple Contest has a winner! Kelsey won week #3 with a Golden Delicious Apple weighing in at 1.04 pounds. We are amazed each week at the bigger and bigger apples you all are finding. Congratulations to Kelsey, you won two free buckets of u-pick apples. We start our final week,  week #4 today, so make sure to stop in at the Apple stand and have your largest apple weighed to enter week #4. The winner will receive TWO FREE BUCKETS of u-pick apples!

We have Pumpkins waiting to be found in the Pumpkin Patch. All sizes of jack-o-lanterns ready to be picked and carved. We would love to see how you have decorated your homes with our pumpkin assortment this year!

Tomatoes are doing great. Specifically the Roma Tomatoes. If you were still wanting to get some canned, we have them ready to be picked.

Apples are doing great! As we near the last weeks of the season, you do have to venture further down the rows to find Apples. We have orange cones down the rows indicating where the loaded trees can be found. Trees will be empty until you get to those cones. Don't feel like you can make the long walk down the rows? Just gives us a call or send us a message and we will have a Beilke Box picked and ready for you for pickup.

RIPE AND READY:
Melrose
Golden Delicious
Braeburn
Gold Rush
Granny Smith
Cripps Pink

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

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

(503)393-1077

Apples, Pumpkins, and Tomatoes, OH MY!

Fall is officially here and it is a great time to come out and pick some apples! We are now in the second half of the season, so we have put orange cones down all the open rows to mark where the apples begin. Make sure to walk all the way to the cones to find loaded trees that are ready to be picked.

Pumpkins are plentiful! We have an abundance of classic carving pumpkins ready to be found in the patch.

Tomatoes are overall still doing great. The Romas are plentiful and easy to pick. They are in the last ten rows of the Tomato section. The slicers are struggling with the rain we have gotten, but with some hunting can be found.

Flowers are doing well and are still available for u-pick until the first frost. We also have beautiful bouquets available at the stand Thursday - Sunday.

This is a great time of year to come out and pick apples for storage. Our storing apples are Braeburn, Gold Rush, Granny Smith, and Cripps Pink. Make sure to stock up while we still have them!
Since we have so many great storing apples still available for picking, we thought we would give our best advice for how to make those apples store for as long as possible.Your very first step to a long lasting apple is to TAKE IT OUT OF THE BAG! Bags have eased the picking and taking home of our apples, but we have realized you may not be aware that the bag should just be for transportation. Apples release ethylene gas, and if they are in a plastic bag, that gas will make them ripen much faster. So start by taking those apples out of those bags! Next, you want to think of a cool dark place. Root cellar is best, but for those of us without a cellar, a garage can suffice. Just make sure your apples won't be getting hit by the sunlight from a window everyday, that will make the temperature of your apples fluctuate and ripen faster. A cardboard box is great for storing. Ideally, the apples would be in a single layer. For those of us who do not have much garage space on shelves, a garage fridge will do as well. But there is a bit of moisture in a fridge so this method might last 2-3 months instead of 3-4 months.

RIPE AND READY:
Melrose
Golden Delicious
Braeburn
Gold Rush
Granny Smith
Cripps Pink

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

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

(503)393-1077

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