Doing some plowing on a late summer day.
Tag Archives: FruitFarm
Apples
Summer apples are on the stand.
Eclipse day
Eclipse day at Wickham’s Fruit Farm. Instead of looking down at the small screen, a reason to look up at the big sky.
Ever-bearing strawberries
August 18, 2017 · When you need strawberries in September, it’s no longer necessary to buy strawberries shipped in from out of state. Our new ever-bearing strawberries bear fruit thoughout the whole season, beyond the traditional May/June strawberry period. Wickham’s Fruit Farm is proud to supply you with our own freshly-harvested local strawberries in May, …
Plum season has arrived
August 17· This week we present Fortune plums, a plum variety that has aromatic flavor and meaty texture. Our plums go well with pancakes and Long Island duck.
Blueberries are on the stand
Rotating out the crops
Operating our Great Plains grain drill on a section of the ancient Indian broadfields, where the original, indigenous Americans planted corn. We are planting something different on this particular piece of land from what has been there in previous seasons, rotating out the crops so that the same crop does not grow on the same …
John Boy
August 14 · This week we feature a high-quality freestone peach known as John Boy, which is a relatively recent peach variety, having been developed in 1981. As you can see from the picture, some of these peaches grow to large size.
Crop rotation
August 12· Our sorghum-sudangrass has grown a considerable amount in a short period of time. Next up in the crop rotation for this land: raspberries.
A shady spot
August 10 · A shady spot in the road through the woods.