Salem Harvest came today!

We had a big harvest today but there are lots of apples left I am told. So we are changing our mind about this Saturday being the last to come pick! We will stay open until the weather turns nasty.

Here is what was going on today:

Since it was nearing the end of the year and the weather is sure to turn to rainy and cold, we had Salem Harvest come out and pick some of our apples. It was a great turnout!
I've included some pictures of the day!

How it works is that each person that signs up with Salem Harvest gets to keep half of what they pick and the other half is donated to the Marion Polk Food Share. I guess they harvest all kinds of crops.

Here is the check in line. Everyone has already signed up ahead of time and only those people are let in the field. Salem Harvests coordinates it all!

So many apples were picked that all the bins were filled by the first round of pickers! There were 2 sessions and they still had the 2nd to go!

Loading up the truck!

Happy picker :)

And a great helper!

Thank you!

Thank you so much for all who came out this year!  It was a good year for apples and for that we are thankful!  It was fun to see all the families with kids, people from out of town and for some people it was their first time!  What fun!

Pink Lady is ready!

Pink Lady apples are ready!!  They are the last apple to ripen in our orchard so come get them!
  We still have almost ALL the varieties of apples that can still be picked.  Although the Gala apples are fewer in number and the Honey crisp are nearly gone.
    If you still want a Winter supply of apples, please come get them within the next two weeks.
We should have a good apple supply until the middle of the month at least.............

We also have WE-PICK buckets of apples available for $10 each.  Just call and say what varieties you'd like and how many and we can pick them for you.  Or we will also have a selection in front of the office ready.
Great option for if it's cold and rainy, or if you're unable to get around easily.