A panorama of the cherry orchard.
Tag Archives: Fruit Farm
JUNE 28th UPDATE
As the strawberry season nears the end, we are closing the strawberry patch for pick-your-own. We are also closing pick-your-own sweet cherries. Sweet cherries are still available for purchase at the farmstand. Pick-your-own tart cherries will be available this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday weather permitting. Please call 631-734-6441 before coming out to pick tart …
Donuts
Donuts cooking. We cook our donuts fresh early in the morning right here at the farmstand.
Sweet Cherries
Our crop of sweet cherries this year features some of the highest-quality cherries we have grown in many years. We harvest them when they are fully ripe, and we grade and pack our cherries by hand for quality control. Our cherries this year include several new varieties which we have selected for flavor and sweetness. …
BEES
Bees cooling off on a warm day.
Pest Control
June 26 at 7:04pm · This red tie that we have hung in the orchard is a pheromone disruption tie. It is one of a variety of integrated pest management tools that we use to limit the damage done to the crops by undesirable creatures. These ties disrupt the mating process of pests and help …
Bees in the Blackberries
June 24 · A bee pollinating the blackberries.
Field Trips
June 23 A school group picking strawberries with a view of the water in the background.
Raspberries
June 22· The first raspberries of the season are on the stand.
Taffy
June 22 Dog overseeing the rotor-tilling operation.