Organic upick fruit, berries and edible plant nursery, scionwood, grafted trees. Near Seattle in Snohomish, PYO apples, blueberries, grapes, berries, currants, more
With 4500 lineal feet of trellised apples in a block of apples growing 80 varieties on Budagosky-9 rootstock (dwarf to 10 feet) and about 2 pounds per running foot of apples, there are 20,000 pounds of fruit to be experienced. Wettish year, clay-loam soil, 1st Kaolin Clay spray (‘Surround’) was delivered July 16th for apple maggot;<1% coddling moth at this point-next gen to be interrupted with clay, possibly. Kaolin is a silica-based finely ground clay that inhibits insect activity up-to 95% when applied consistently. Compost teas (Nettles, Comfrey, Horsetail, provides the silica component, and penetrant supplied by garlic according to Michael Phillips, author of Holistic Orcharding
July 15th ’23: Jostaberry is ending, Blueberry just beginning. Lodi apples are pickable green-tart, yellow, sweeter next week. Bug-netted black and red currants are prime and picked over quickly-planting more! Reggie our piggy turns ten this year. 3 week old chicks and sandboxes are childrens favorites. $5 adult orientation, support, no charge >65,<25. Donations warmly accepted.
I made organic caramel with just sugar, cream, butter, water, honey, salt and vanilla (no Corn syrup). Then I rolled 10 different apples into the hot stuff, and then rolled some of those into toasted pecans and hazelnuts. I have 20 at the checkout stand today. There are Medlar and Grapes to pick yet. And here is a movie to get informed with – godd for 4 days before fee.
At the checkout stand- 6 varieties of apples, grapes, quince. Upick in the field: Grapes, Medlar, Autumn olive, Aronia, Quince.
15 varieties right now. Grapes are still tart but packable. 9 to 6 every day but Monday.
Check out this item in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/1130140529/apple-trees-2-trees-2yr-dwarf-standard
Black Currants begin this week followed by our earliest blueberries, Jostaberries and gooseberries.
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