Here is Leigh, on our trip to the orchard.

The orcahrd blossoms are beautiful.
Pete says if we avoid frost we will have a great apple crop.

Apples are Blooming

Robin with Apple Blossoms

When I was at the farm during the Earth-Day Cleanup, I noticed that the view towards the mountains looked different. The apple trees were gone!

Robin said the trees were aging and were not producing as much as trees in their prime. You may remember that last season the farm had no apples. This was because the apple trees were in a low lying area and got hit by the frost that settled into low lying areas last spring. So, the decision was made to remove them and use the land for other crops.

But don't despair -- Pete has leased apple trees in a small orchard nearby and is taking good care of them. Those trees are situated higher up and are closer to their prime years. So, with luck we will have apples again this year.

Robin and I took a short drive to the apple orchard on Friday. It was raining slightly so the pictures are not very dramatic, but at least you can see the lovely blossoms. If you click on the pictures, you can see them full size.

Robin enjoying the trees

A nice row

another nice row

More trees

My weather forecast is saying "freeze warning in effect from 2 am to 8 am EDT Tuesday" so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that nothing is lost on the farm.

If you're a CSA card member you should have gotten a letter about the picnic on Sunday May 19th. See everyone there!

--Leigh

May 4th- Pete got the potatoes in today.
Our members picnic for Taliaferro Farms CSA members  and Taliaferro Farm farm card members will be on Sunday May 19th 2013 from 11:00-2:00.  It's a great time!

Wednesday, May 1st!  Yay!

Here are some of Sarah's new batch of chickens.

Here are some more babies.

 

Lots of greens coming up beautifully in the greenhouse.

 

The garlic is coming up beautifully too!



 

The seed potatoes came today. They cost a good chunk of change,
over $3000.00 just for the seed potatoes.