Hazelnuts, pecans, hickories, and walnuts - oh my!
A few years ago, Ike planted a number of nut trees. What a nut, some thought - they can take forever to start producing! Well, here's our resident 'nut' posing with our first pecan last year. Woohoo - looking forward to those pecans.
There's a few more on the trees this year, but don't get your pecan pie recipes ready and waiting just yet, as there's not quite enough to share yet. So it'll be another year or two before we have enough to sell. And the hickories aren't even close...
But in the meantime, we have a lovely crop of hazelnuts...and they'll be available starting this week!
Here’s more info from Farmer Ike:
As farmers and consumers, why do we need to worry about pollination at all? Easy answer: because one third of the crops we eat rely on it! Any fruiting bodies that we eat, with a few exceptions, rely on pollination and proper fertilization to be recognized as edible. Apples, peaches, plums, zucchini, walnuts, melons, tomatoes, peppers, almonds, and pears all begin as blossoms, and if those flowers aren’t pollinated correctly, it might form a tiny, shriveled, or improperly developed fruit, which no one would want to eat.
Last year was a whirlwind year for us with the launch of our big, beautiful farm store and all the events we planned around it. Did you know we also offered an assortment of workshops as well? From the sound of it - and despite our best efforts - many folks who would have loved to participate simply didn’t hear about them in time to plan accordingly. We don’t want that to happen this year!
What does November mean to you? Thanksgiving celebrations...the clocks changing...digging out the sweaters and packing away the shorts...cozy evenings with warm drinks and fun movies?
Winecrisp is a complex, crunchy, sweet, and very hard apple with a fruity sweet flavor (with hints of berry!) and a beautiful dusky red skin.
At this time of year, school kids across the county get treated to the story of 
Shall we take a journey down memory lane to our childhood today?
Sugar Snap that is...and not the peas – the apples!