Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Pick-Your-Own Grand Reopening

The pick-your-own/u-pick season will begin this Saturday, September 3rd. Available varieties will include McIntosh, Gala and Honeycrisp. Our Honeycrisp orchard is very young so availability is limited. We'll have Honeycrisp available at the stand all season but if you're set on picking them yourself don't wait! We expect them to be totally picked by Sept 11th!

Hours for picking are Saturday and Sunday from 10-5. To make sure the orchard is clear by 5, no one will be allowed to enter after 4:30.

Roadstand hours are 7-days a week, 9:30-5:30.

We'll be firing up the doughnut robots for the first time this year. Demand got so out of control recently that we've upgraded and more than doubled our capacity for this season!

Chestnuts and pumpkins will be available in October.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Peaches and Early Apples

Sorry for the lull in blog posts this year, but we're back and promise this blog will be updated more frequently during the fall season.

Summer is quickly drawing to a close here on the farm. Like it or not, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and we're picking more and more apples every day.

So far, available varieties are limited to Ginger Gold and Jonamac. Within the next couple weeks we'll have McIntosh and Gala. Honeycrisp will be ready by the second weekend in September.

We're still picking a pile of peaches. We have yellow and white peaches as well as both yellow and white nectarines. Also available at the roadstand are Dressel Farms' fresh sweet corn, raspberries, plums and fresh vegetables.

We do not offer Pick-Your-Own for peaches. PYO apples will open in September and will be open every weekend (as well as Labor Day and Columbus Day) through October.

If you have questions, we encourage you to consult our website at www.dresselfarms.com or our facebook page at www.facebook.com/dresselfarms. For further questions, you can call the farm during normal business hours.