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
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
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
IThe recent cold snap has affected the number of nectarines we expect to harvest but should not have materially affected the number of peaches available for harvest this year. n late March we had a very cold 4 days. This followed a two day period approximately a week earlier where temperatures fell below 28f overRead More
WANT TO PICK YOUR OWNPEACHES & NECTARINESIN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS SUMMER? Start a tradition of bringing family and friends to pick the Hallelujah Orchard in Lynnville , Tennessee. Come and enjoy the beautiful and tranquil rural life. Hi, I’m Robert Heller. My wife, Aurora, and I have a young fruit orchard in Middle Tennessee whichRead More
From what we see in the orchard today, the nectarines will be ready a week or 2 before the first peach variety which will probably be the China Pearl variety. The Contender peaches should be ripe soon after that. We still expect the fruit to be ready sometime in July. Please check back as weRead More
