Skipley Farm
Organic upick fruit, berries and edible plant nursery, scionwood, grafted trees. Near Seattle in Snohomish, PYO apples, blueberries, grapes, berries, currants, more
Category: Pick-your-own
The upick is open for Jostaberry, Black Currant
Pick your own Jostaberries, Black Currant, Gooseberries
Fruit Tree Hedge
An apple hedge is ridiculously simple. 1. Stake it out 2. Plant it 3. Wait a few years 4. Pick, eat, store through the winter. The system here in this photo is mostly neglect. First plant a nursery of dwarf rootstock 3’x10″ apart -count… Continue Reading “Fruit Tree Hedge”
The growing season’s last fruits
Late apples like Goldrush, Suncrisp, Enterprise could be hanging…but they’re picked! Medlar is another that hangs late until freezing temps begin to break the starch down to sugar known as bletted. The fruit was important as a winter food during Roman times. Today it… Continue Reading “The growing season’s last fruits”
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