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It’s blossom time, and wow what a show.  After a year off, it looks like mother nature is giving the trees a huge boost.  The trees are loaded with the largest blooms we have seen in many years.  They look so healthy, it makes us happy.  We invite everyone to come for a stroll around the orchard Read the Rest…

It’s been a long (normal?) winter and we are eagerly gearing up for spring.  We have spent several months pruning the trees and they look very healthy.  The trees are loaded with plump juicy fruit buds which means a great pick your season is on the way! The pumpkin seeds are waiting patiently for the warm Read the Rest…

It’s a quiet time of year when the orchard is asleep and we enjoy a slightly different pace at the farm.  We still have projects to work on such as keeping all of our web presence links up to date, and working on T4′s and other such lovely tax projects, and pruning the orchard,  but Read the Rest…

It’s that time of year when we like to decorate our homes and gardens with the colours and sparkles of Christmas.  For years, many of us have put up an artificial tree because they were so perfect, and they didn’t drop their needles like the older types of trees used to do, so you could enjoy Read the Rest…

Please follow the link on the CFIA website regarding the recall alert of our pumpkin butter.   A recent test discovered that in one of the batch lots of the pumpkin butter the ph level was too high which means potentially harmful bacteria can grow or may be present in the product.  Ph levels are indicators of the level of acidity. Please read Read the Rest…

As we work on bringing in all the outdoor displays from the fall season, our thoughts turn to Christmas.  We have decided this fall to offer a number of “Festive Season Features” which include a wide selection of wines. Here is our Top Ten Reasons to take home a case of Wine   1. You Read the Rest…

Our next two weekends are a time of celebration for the great orange gourd of fall.  On these special weekends, we bring out our pumpkin tic tac toe, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin guessing games, and pumpkin golf.  Our staff get creative with pumpkin painting and carving for our pumpkin gallery.  We also provide an opportunity for the children Read the Rest…

We are so excited to see our pumpkins this year.  Until the leaves die, it’s hard to know what’s out there, but it looks like a great crop of large pumpkins.  They are large, deeply coloured and have very strong stems.  It looks like the dry weather has made them strong.  They should last for a Read the Rest…

September 15th & 16th   We have been working diligently getting ready for our fall season.  Decorations up, pies made, apples graded, wine labelled and on and on.  It usually takes us about 6 weeks to get ready.  Well really about 6 months if you count all the growing, hoe-ing and harvesting of the produce.  Read the Rest…

No school lunch would be complete without that fruit of fall.  We will have Paula Red, Gingergold, and Royal Gala Apples in our store this weekend.  We just made a lovely batch of applesauce from Gingergold Apples too, so another great fall treat.  We will be open all three days of the Holiday Weekend from Read the Rest…