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
Open hours for the July 2023 season here at Hallelujah Farm Orchard are rapidly approaching and we have some sweet tasting fruit for you ! We hope you have enjoyed your July 4th celebrations and are looking forward to the rest of the year. We are getting pretty close to opening the orchard for pick-a-peachRead More
Time marches on and harvest time is fast approaching. I thought I would take a couple of photos and post them here for you to see. The two nectarine photos look to me like they will be ready in about 2 weeks, or the first week of July. There are a number of others thatRead More
We have been receiving a number of calls with respect to open times and produce available so I thought I would post an update at this time. We expect to have peaches and, a very few, nectarines available for picking around the 2nd week of July (2023). If you want to be kept up toRead More
