Blueberry Dutch Baby with Lemon Curd
Now that you have fresh organic blueberries, a Dutch baby is a delicious choice for enjoying those berries.
Continue reading →Salmon-Safe Certification
Meet Phil Simmons, our horticulturist. He brings a lot of passion for organic farming to the job and, along with it, our Salmon Safe Certification. This aspect of his love is soil and water conservation.
Continue reading →Caramel A La Mode Sauce
Homemade homegrown organic Honeycrisp apple pie is killer good. Add this caramel sauce and it is fatal.
Continue reading →The In-cider On Our Apple Harvest
We had an unusual growing season this year that has ended with a beautiful crop of red-colored apples.
Continue reading →Hand Thinning Apples
Over the past couple of months, our crew has worked daily to perfect the quality of our apple crop. By thinning the apples in our orchards, the crew eliminates bad fruit and makes room for the good.
Continue reading →7 Time-Saving Gardening Tips
Gardening is a multi-stage process that depends on a good start to the season to ensure low maintenance for the rest of the year.
Continue reading →6 Tips for Successful Container Gardening
The charm of vibrant bushy flowers, herbs, and vegetables offers a colorful greeting that is well worth the trouble, especially when your plants are thriving.
Continue reading →Critical Temperatures for Blossom Buds
Cherry Buds & Wind Machines
According to the dark sweet cherry buds at our Gilbert Orchard, the cherry crop is at the green side stage and moving into the green tip stage. The development of the cherry buds correlates with a Critical Termpertures for Blossom Buds temperature chart from WSU.
Continue reading →Simple Test for Garden Soil Nutrients
Essential beginning step
A simple test for garden soil nutrients is an essential beginning step to a fabulous gardening experience. I want to share my experience so that you, too, can have a great start in gardening. A test like this is recommended every 3 to 5 years to inform you of your soil’s nutrient-supplying capability so that you can accurately fertilize only what’s needed.
Continue reading →How to Prune Cool-Season Grasses
How to prune cool-season grasses involves timing, tools, and clean-up. Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass, Calamagrostis acutiflora is a cool-season grass since it likes to grow before temperatures exceed 75°. In our hardiness zone, 7a, here in Chelan, Washington, our cool season is March through May. The best time to prune cool-season grass is at the beginning of the cool season.
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