Around the Farm - November 2010

Mid-State 4-H Club pie samples


Open House - Free samples


Hayrides


Soybeans almost mature. They end up feeding chickens on Delmarva.


Pumpkin donuts for a limited time only.


Local honey


Fifer tomatoes until Christmas via our high tunnels.


Fall gourds and Indian corn


25 varieties of Fifer apples


Cherry tomatoes


Local lima beans - Dr. Martin variety


Fall Veggies


Cole crops


Pumpkin madness


Specialty pumpkins


New pumpkin train!




Gift basket collection






30 year old apple orchard being retired. New apples have already been planted.




Pumpkin patch 2010


Cover crops ready to conserve and preserve soil this winter. They also provide organic matter and nutrition in the spring.


Fifer peach trees getting ready to drop leaves and go in to hibernation mode.

Around the Farm - Late August 2010

Pumpkins getting orange already

Fall Tomatoes getting ready in the high tunnels

Laying down plastic for strawberry plants.

Next springs strawberry patch

Fall?

Sweet corn season is winding down



Fifer Peaches



Apple season is gearing up

U-Pick apples begin September 3rd

Around the Farm June 8th 2010

Asparagus season coming to an end. Crowns are ferning out for the summer. We still irrigate asparagus through the summer even though we are not cutting it.


Newly planted field of soybeans getting a shot of irrigation via a pivot system.


The first pumpkin plants of the season peeking through the pillow of rye cover.


Ready for harvest.


Beautiful heads of bearded barley.


Apples developing




Raspberry picking begins


Fifer tomatoes in only about 2 weeks.


Irrigating sweet corn during the dry times.


Amazing looking sweet corn. Should be ready around June 25th.


Blueberries are ready June 6th.


Peaches are looking awesome this year.



Red Delicious.


U-Pick Flowers now open