Fall Season at Fifer's 2009

Fifer Pumpkin Harvest Time


Pickers push pumpkins in to piles and sort by size.


Pumpkins ready to be boxed up.


Pumpkins are then loaded on to trucks for delivery.


Apple Packing. First the apples float in a water tank.


Floating along.


Apples on the grading line are sorted by size and color. Culls are removed and used for cider, juice or sauce.


Some apples are packaged in bags and other in boxes.


Fifer Apples in the cooler ready to be shipped.


Fifer Apples in our Country Store


Planting Strawberries for 2010 harvest.


Baby Strawberry Plants.


Finished rows of strawberries basking in the fall sun. We plant them in the fall so they can get a head start for next spring. We cover them with blankets in the winter to protect them from the cold. Harvest will begin in May of 2010.


Fall Fest Area 2009 NOW OPEN!


Soybean Sandboxes and Straw Slides


Corn Maze Entrance - Theme: Savor the Seasons


Fall Gourds


Fifer Fall Tomatoes. We'll be picking until Thanksgiving! Enjoy.

Around the Farm July 28th 2009

Fifer Peaches! Peach Festival coming up August 1st.


Corn Maze 2009 taking shape. Fall Fest opens September 19th.


Blueberry season is winding down for 2009, but we still have some available.


Fifer's attending the new Dover Farmers Market on Legislative Mall. Wednesdays 11am-1pm.


We label all our produce with "food miles" to tell you how far your fruits and veggies traveled to get to our stores.


Sweet Corn coming out of the field to the packing house.


Sweet Corn coming on to the packing line. We ship sweet corn to grocery stores all over the east coast in July and August.


Sweet Corn travels on the packing line where it is graded and then crated.


The sweet corn takes a shower in 34 degree water. This sucks out any remaining field heat and keeps the corn fresh longer.


The trash corn and stalks are loaded on to wagons and feed to animals so that nothing is wasted.


Hot, dry days of summer. Irrigating 24 hours a day.


Our Country Store is stocked with summer goodies.


Fifer Tomatoes and fresh peppers


Shoppers on the deck


Fresh Baked Daily! Peach Pies.


Healthy snacks, nuts, dried fruits, and dried veggies!


Pumpkins are growing steadily.


Summer apples are ready. Fall apples are not far behind.


Dwarf apples trees are smaller than traditional trees, but are easier to pick and prune. No ladders necessary! U-Pick will open in mid September.


Fifer Raspberries are delicate and delicious. Picked daily! Yellow, Orange and Red available.


Fifer Tomatoes are in full summer production.


Our fall planting of tomatoes is looking great. We should have our own tomatoes available until Thanksgiving. Our high tunnels allow us to extend the season.

Around the Farm - May 23rd 2009

Asparagus stacks.













Fields of grain. We plant our pumpkins in to rye so that it has a pillow to grow on and does not touch the soil directly. This keeps disease off.















Planting pumpkins.
















Baby apples swelling up.











Raspberries forming.















Raspberries bushes growing. Harvest time is July-October












Fifer Tomatoes growing steadily. Should be ready in mid June.













Strawberry harvest time!














Lush green strawberry plants are getting ready for peak production time.




























Enjoying ice cream under the walnut tree after picking berries. Yum.














The U-Pick Strawberry Patch is OPEN!





























Plenty of great spring produce.













Sample Saturdays every week 10am-2pm. Try before you buy.