Over the course of the summer, as our orchard was open and we were selling our peaches and nectarines, we had a lot of questions regarding peach, and apple, growing. While I did my best to provide information to those that asked, it is quite a lengthy subject and it is quite a lot ofRead More
For the rest of the season we will be picking white, freestone, very sweet China Pearl peaches. We have 250+ producing trees of which 50 are 4 year and the remainder are three year trees. The peaches are huge, weighing an average 1/2 lb each. These are super great quality peaches, not the run-of-the-mill peachesRead More
WE WILL BE OPEN EVERY DAYMONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 7:30 a.m. UNTIL 5:30 p.m.AND SATURDAY FROM 8:00 a.m. UNTIL 5:00 p.m.UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WE HAVE PLENTY OF WHITE CHINA PEARL FREESTONE PEACHES AVAILABLE $3.00/lb U-Pick, $3.75/lb pre-picked We are very pleased to be able to let everyone know that our first two grand opening days,Read More
The nectarines are going to be ripening first. Below is a picture of one of the Bowden nectarine trees. Despite the pink blush and yellowing the fruit is still rock hard and will likely be ripe around June 23rd but we are going to be keeping a close eye. Nectarines- In 2025 about 50 treesRead More
The pick-your-own fruit season for Southern Middle Tennessee is fast approaching.
We took a walk in the orchard this morning to see how the trees are doing. Actually, we refer to the orchard as the South, North and East orchards even though they are all in one place. Anyway, the trees look to be in grate shape and laden with fruit. We still have some thinningRead More
We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and welcome to 2025 ! Yesterday I spent the day spraying the orchard for the first time in 2025. This is necessary to reduce the mite population on the trees which includes San Jose and Peach Tree Scale. They are treated with a light dormant oilRead More
Below you will find a PDF document providing some suggestions with respect to growing our gem squash seeds. One thing to bear in mind is that from germination to fruit should take about 90 days and that gem squash, like most squash, like a lot of sun. Dampness can lead to downey mildew which shouldRead More
I am sorry to have to report that the 2024 peach season is a bust as far as we are concerned. That will include the nectarines. I believe the apples and apricot trees are still too immature to produce any meaningful amount of fruit so we are just going to have to look forward toRead More
Our gem squash have been slow to produce this year, and not in great quantities. We are not exactly sure why this is the case but suspect it is because we had a late frost and therefore we were delayed in planting out. This year we also tried some weed suppressor fabric and planted theRead More
