September 24 2010: Macs and Cortland available
Sorry for the late update! I know a lot of you are chomping at the bit for news on the Cortland and Honey Crisp. In that regard, I have good news and bad news. McIntosh and Cortland are available in …
Month: September 2010
Daily Gleaner Article: Open Farm Day
An excellent article about open farm day and its importance. Originally published Monday September 20, 2010 for the Daily Gleaner Section A4, by Alexandra Davis.
September 19: Macs and Dudley only now
Just a little update, we’ve run out of Lobos in the orchard. Still plenty of Macs and Dudley though! In the outlet we have Lobo, Macs, Dudley, Crabs, and Gravenstein. Happy Open Farm day!
September 16: Dudley, Lobo, and Mac
There has been excellent fall weather with cool nights and warm days. It has been nice to see some rain as well! Overall the days seem to be going by quite quickly. Not sure where September went, but October is …
September 12: Lobo update
Fall is here! It certainly came quite suddenly, but I think I’ve had my fill of hot weather for the year. The Paula Red are done. Unfortunately we are in somewhat of a pickle as the Lobos aren’t quite ready …
September 5: Paula Red Update
Earl came and went without too much fuss. There were more apples on the ground from the heat streak than from the wind and rain! The Paula Red are getting pretty low in the orchard. Luckily, we have some nice …
September 3: Earl don’t eat our apples!
Hurricane Earl seems to be approaching just in time for the weekend. I’m certainly not looking forward to the wind, but the orchard sure can use the rain. The warm days have been great for the colour of the apples, …
2010 Daily Gleaner Article
A very nice article was in the Daily Gleaner last week featuring a picture of Chuck and Fred Everett and quotes from many other local apple growers. Originally published in section A8 on Saturday August 28, 2010 by Nicole Veerman.